Sally Morris
Monday, November 18, 2019
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on November 18, 2019 at 01:41 pm
Have you ever disagreed with someone? That’s a silly question, right? Because anyone who hasn’t disagreed with another human hasn’t been born yet. We can disagree over whether we like…...
Saturday, November 16, 2019
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on November 16, 2019 at 04:54 pm
Has the fiercely cold weather got you down? Me, too. In fact it often does have me down. So one time when I was grousing about the cold and expressing…...
Friday, November 15, 2019
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on November 15, 2019 at 03:57 pm
“I wish you luck.” This was the sign-off of Grand Forks District Judge Donald Hager upon the close of proceedings in the sentencing of attempted murderer Akmal Azizov, a culture-enricher…...
Thursday, November 14, 2019
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on November 14, 2019 at 12:15 pm
I don’t know what it is about the “woke” folks. They are not content to advocate for their own point of view but they are militant when it comes…...
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
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on November 13, 2019 at 01:39 pm
When is a search for the truth a “distraction”? Answer: When the truth might exonerate the intended target of the House of Representatives. Here’s the thing. Since his…...
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
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on November 12, 2019 at 02:51 pm
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark the place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing fly, Scarce heard amid the…...
Sunday, November 10, 2019
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on November 10, 2019 at 01:38 pm
I’ve heard just about enough complaining about Robert de Niro, Katie Perry, Leonardo di Caprio and their silly and often outrageous behavior and their assuming of positions of…...
Saturday, November 09, 2019
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on November 9, 2019 at 12:43 pm
Okay, I have introduced you all to my Sunday Specials – great performances of all kinds that I have found and want to share. As I will explain at…...
Friday, November 08, 2019
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on November 8, 2019 at 10:37 pm
If "Thou shalt not covet," and "Thou shalt not steal," were not commandments of Heaven, they must be made inviolable precepts in every society, before it can be civilized…...
Thursday, November 07, 2019
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on November 7, 2019 at 12:19 pm
An important deadline is approaching on November 19. On that date a waiver allowing U.S companies to sell regulated technology and products the Chinese company, Huawei. Please contact your Congressmen…...
Wednesday, November 06, 2019
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on November 6, 2019 at 04:36 pm
'America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.' - Alexis de Tocqueville Stealing is wrong. Our mothers told us all this when we were three…...
Tuesday, November 05, 2019
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on November 5, 2019 at 12:48 pm
Thus far I have not written about the on-going impeachment process. In the first place, so many are talking and writing about it that it seems almost superfluous to do…...
Monday, November 04, 2019
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on November 4, 2019 at 08:10 pm
Forget “Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?” or “Where’s Waldo?” We know where Greta Thunberg is and it’s not Madrid. Teenage “climate activist” Greta Thunberg has found herself on…...
Saturday, November 02, 2019
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on November 2, 2019 at 10:53 am
We are nearing the end of 2019. Next year will be a campaign year. Perhaps a time to effect change. We don’t know the outcome yet of Trump’s fight…...
Friday, November 01, 2019
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on November 1, 2019 at 06:53 pm
In the “what else is new” department, we have this from Betsy De Vos: "Today's Report Card is essentially the same as the last one, and the one before that,…...
Monday, October 28, 2019
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on October 28, 2019 at 02:37 pm
First off, I will say that I, for one, am glad that we eliminated one more dangerous Islammic “austere scholar” from our planet. I don’t share Dana Shell Smith’s hand-wringing…...
Saturday, October 26, 2019
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on October 26, 2019 at 08:18 am
Portugal. I had been reading about the attraction of Portugal to American retirees recently, which interested me because my husband and I nearly decided to emigrate to Portugal. When he…...
Thursday, October 24, 2019
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on October 24, 2019 at 06:37 pm
As the controversy rages on over impeachment and we are taken aback, horrified by the prospect of innocent children being “transgendered” with the approval of our courts and juries, there…...
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
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on October 22, 2019 at 09:38 pm
Not long ago I was having a conversation with my brother, and as often happens with us, our political discussion took its downhill turn as we began to consider the…...
Monday, October 14, 2019
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on October 14, 2019 at 02:00 pm
Well, today is Columbus Day “observed” in my house. In some people’s houses they might be observing “Indigenous People’s Day”. So if you want more truth about Columbus or if…...
Saturday, October 12, 2019
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on October 12, 2019 at 05:38 pm
William Murchison writes in American Conservative about the decision at Washington High School in San Francisco to paint over a Depression-era mural depicting Washington. I wonder how long it will…...
Friday, October 11, 2019
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on October 11, 2019 at 04:18 pm
When we have corruption at the top of our country's establishment, we must expect it at every level. We have Lori Laughlin bribing a college to take her kid on…...
Thursday, October 10, 2019
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on October 10, 2019 at 02:36 pm
I have often advised strongly against pursuing “term limits” for Congress. (http://dakotabeacon.com/entry/sally_morris_they_didnt_need_term_limits_in_utah/, http://dakotabeacon.com/entry/sally_morris_something_rotten_in_the_land_of_cotton/, http://dakotabeacon.com/entry/sally_morris_the_sting_of_and_article_v_cos/) I have also stated my various reasons. I’ll summarize them thusly: The balance of power in…...
Wednesday, October 09, 2019
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on October 9, 2019 at 10:44 am
As predicted a month ago (“Coming soon - film commissars?” - Dakota Beacon, September 7, 2019), the couple who own a wedding video business in St. Cloud are about to…...
Monday, October 07, 2019
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on October 7, 2019 at 10:57 pm
Our neighbors to the north are in the midst of their political leadership campaign. Will Justin Trudeau be re-elected? Will it be Andrew Scheer? Will independent PPC candidate Maxime Bernier…...
Sunday, October 06, 2019
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on October 6, 2019 at 04:37 pm
What comes of relativism? What happens when civilization disappears as we attempt to see “all sides” of every issue, to eliminate labels of “good” and “evil”? Because that is the…...
Wednesday, October 02, 2019
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on October 2, 2019 at 07:24 am
There’s too much to think about today. I was going to write about the man who is trying to protect his twin sons from their mother who’s bent on turning…...
Tuesday, October 01, 2019
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on October 1, 2019 at 10:30 am
Having just bid farewell to Jose Jose, one of the world’s greatest singers this weekend, we now say goodbye also to Jessye Norman, who died yesterday of complications from a…...
Sunday, September 29, 2019
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on September 29, 2019 at 06:49 pm
There is enough distressing news to write about here every day. Once in a while there is even something hopeful which gives us some cheer and courage. Today, though, I…...
Friday, September 27, 2019
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on September 27, 2019 at 09:12 pm
Today's thought comes from Front Page Mag (Sara Dogan, Friday, Sept. 27, 2019). I've said it before and I am saying it again right here: If you have kids check…...
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