Ruben Lackman
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
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on February 28, 2012 at 03:13 pm
As a graduate of DSU and also an ex-faculty member of DSU, I do believe that the state Board of Higher Education, to use Lloyd Umdahl’s word, has become “dysfunctional.”…...
Friday, January 13, 2012
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on January 13, 2012 at 09:51 pm
My column has attempted to direct the reader’s mind to the true conclusions which the facts, and past reality, point; a working "truth". It would be, in engineering, called "reverse…...
Saturday, October 29, 2011
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Beacon Author
on October 29, 2011 at 09:31 am
Dear Bis/Trib Editors and also ND readers.This spring I applied for a position on the ND State Board of Higher Education. I did not get it. Now, after the latest…...
Thursday, August 11, 2011
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on August 11, 2011 at 08:12 am
It’s hard to write this article because of the flood impact on our area, which places President Obama’s joy in finding the missing apostrophe in his “Irish” name, at the…...
Friday, June 10, 2011
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on June 10, 2011 at 10:14 am
It’s hard to write this article because of the flood impact on our area, which places President Obama’s joy in finding the missing apostrophe in his “Irish” name, at…...
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
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on May 24, 2011 at 11:06 am
For the first time, as I begin this article for the Dakota Beacon, I am a bit apprehensive about what I write. I have never before been afraid of handling…...
Monday, May 02, 2011
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on May 2, 2011 at 04:46 pm
Since there seems to be a lot of “debate” about what our “Higher Education” facilities are supposed to accomplish with the One Billion plus dollars they spend, I’ve decided to…...
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
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on April 26, 2011 at 12:43 pm
Before we got snowed in, I checked out Saul Alinsky’s “Rules for Radicals”. I was, of course, familiar with it, having been at the University of Kansas in 1970, the…...
Monday, January 24, 2011
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on January 24, 2011 at 01:55 pm
I was going to use Emerson’s “Self-Reliance” to explain a “Self” that you can rely on and have a rational, logical, moral, and ethical faith in its ability to identify…...
Thursday, December 30, 2010
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Beacon Author
on December 30, 2010 at 04:06 pm
Well, it’s finally over; at least the first step toward a rational, logical, honest government via the elections. But much remains to be done. The so-called “ethics” displayed the Charles…...
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
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on November 17, 2010 at 06:04 am
When you read this, the November elections will probably be over. If they are, the die has been cast; if they are not, please cast your vote for a return…...
Monday, October 18, 2010
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on October 18, 2010 at 10:35 am
To start my essay I state this truth: If 2 + 2 does not equal 4, then it’s any body’s game. Numbers don’t lie; but liars use numbers. The August…...
Thursday, September 23, 2010
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on September 23, 2010 at 10:24 am
The editorial page of the Bis/Trib states: “Seeking to find and publish the truth, that the people of a great state might have a light by which to guide their destiny.”—Stella…...
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
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on July 13, 2010 at 11:41 am
I was reading The Summer Day is Done by R.T.Stevens, which is set in 1911 Russia and involves a British agent and the Tsar of Russia, Nicholas and his wife…...
Thursday, June 17, 2010
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on June 17, 2010 at 11:39 am
“The Healthcare Black and Blues” by the “OBOMACATS” featuring their lead singing duo—Nanci Peelosi and Hairy Reed, accompanied by the Dancing Congressional Capons, in the 2010 Washington D.C. Congressional…...
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
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on May 25, 2010 at 08:42 am
“The Healthcare Black and Blues” by the “OBOMACATS” featuring their lead singing duo—Nanci Peelosi and Hairy Reed, accompanied by the Dancing Congressional Capons, in the 2010 Washington D.C. Congressional Follies.…...
Thursday, March 11, 2010
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on March 11, 2010 at 09:32 am
Things are definitely brightening in The United States of America, particularly here in North Dakota. Byron Dorgan has decided to “retire” from “fighting” before he is “discharged,” deciding that a…...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
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on February 10, 2010 at 12:15 pm
Al Gore coined the paradoxical statement, “inconvenient truth,” as a political imaginary “ tele-prompter” political pinhead platform from which he, and all other pragmatical pseudo statesmen may pontificate. That it…...
Thursday, November 19, 2009
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on November 19, 2009 at 11:07 pm
November’s column will address the absolute nonsense and totally irrational statements from some of the pathetic forms of protoplasm occupying seats in Congress. And, since we are from North Dakota,…...
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