Sally Morris
Thursday, May 03, 2018
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on May 3, 2018 at 11:02 pm
Tonight I found myself in agreement with Piers Morgan. I know - unbelievable, right? This shows the depths to which the British health system has sunk. Even Morgan, usually lined…...
Thursday, April 26, 2018
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on April 26, 2018 at 03:19 pm
As the story of Alfie Evans continues relentlessly to its end, we see the iron fist of the state raised again and again against the people - of Britain, in…...
Wednesday, April 25, 2018
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on April 25, 2018 at 04:22 pm
Again we are witnessing the unfolding of another human tragedy in the UK. As I write this, the parents of Alfie Evans are in a life-and-death struggle with Alder Hey…...
Thursday, March 29, 2018
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on March 29, 2018 at 09:30 pm
I just read an email from the office of Minnesota Congressman Tom Emmer. The gist of it was that he had voted NO on the recent omnibus spending bill and…...
Wednesday, March 07, 2018
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on March 7, 2018 at 02:23 am
While we debate the concept of eliminating our Second Amendment, we should also consider that there are a lot of other ways to kill than with guns. No one seemed…...
Monday, March 05, 2018
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on March 5, 2018 at 12:41 pm
For the past two weeks one would think the world had stood still while everyone emotes hysterically over the admittedly tragic shooting that took place on February 14, in Parkland,…...
Thursday, March 01, 2018
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on March 1, 2018 at 03:28 pm
I read an article today on a site called "In Touch", an obviously left-leaning pop news/opinon site. The article was about a Derek Dillard and his infamous "slamming" of the…...
Monday, February 26, 2018
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on February 26, 2018 at 02:07 pm
The debate rages on: arm teachers or continue the gun-free zone mentality that has created 17 more victims. Last week President Trump took a position on gun control -…...
Monday, February 19, 2018
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on February 19, 2018 at 09:29 pm
Last week Americans were presented with another horrific mass shooting of innocent school kids by another deranged young man with a gun. And in the media dog bit man again.…...
Thursday, December 14, 2017
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on December 14, 2017 at 02:18 pm
America is descending into a dangerous police state. We see again and again incompetent or malicious police practices and outrageous injuries to innocent citizens. In the recent past we have…...
By
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on December 14, 2017 at 01:37 pm
It was just an endearing, hilarious little video clip. At an elementary school wrestling match between a little girl and a little boy, both aged 5, the 2-year-old brother of…...
Wednesday, November 22, 2017
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on November 22, 2017 at 01:25 pm
I have long argued that taxpayers should not allow Congress one penny more than is necessary to carry out its Constitutional duties. I have said we should demand that our…...
Sunday, November 12, 2017
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on November 12, 2017 at 04:20 pm
After a hard-fought primary season Alabama handed Judge Roy Moore a convincing victory last month in his bid for the U.S. Senate. He overcame President Trump’s heavy-handed campaigning for crony…...
Thursday, November 09, 2017
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on November 9, 2017 at 09:14 pm
Some mass shootings are unpredictable. Others are very predictable. We don’t know much yet of the story of the Las Vegas killer – perhaps because a lot is being deliberately…...
Monday, November 06, 2017
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on November 6, 2017 at 04:08 pm
We have all watched in horror as California has been going up in the flames of its wildfires. Nothing can remedy the tragic loss of life – more than 40…...
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
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on September 27, 2017 at 10:28 am
With a pivotal senate primary race in Alabama, with terrorist incidents erupting on a daily basis throughout the (formerly) civilized West, with hurricanes whipping our southern and eastern coasts and…...
Friday, September 22, 2017
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on September 22, 2017 at 02:18 pm
In a recent decision, a British judge has ruled that not only is it permissible to withdraw nutrition and hydration from a 50-year-old patient in a "vegetative state", but that…...
Wednesday, September 06, 2017
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on September 6, 2017 at 09:29 pm
Last week President Trump announced his decision to lift a ban on turning over excess military equipment – presumably surplus and decommissioned – to municipal and county law enforcement agencies.…...
Sunday, August 06, 2017
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on August 6, 2017 at 09:38 am
This is really a response to several comments by various contributors to the Fargo Forum on the topic of immigration. I would direct the reader to the Forum's opinion page,…...
Monday, July 24, 2017
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on July 24, 2017 at 12:35 pm
What if the minimum wage for American citizens is raised to $15/hour? What if the minimum wage for LEGAL immigrants is raised to $50/hour? And ILLEGAL immigrants' wages are set…...
Tuesday, July 18, 2017
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on July 18, 2017 at 10:38 am
Many are convinced that America should end immigration of people identified as Muslim. Now we should consider whether those who are already here who so identify should be given loaded…...
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
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on June 27, 2017 at 07:46 pm
Last week the voters of Grand Forks – by a slim majority – decided to endorse an economic system that went out of style in America in 1789, with the…...
Saturday, April 15, 2017
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on April 15, 2017 at 11:29 am
The Grand Forks City Council has a well-earned reputation for manipulating voters. Sadly they are living up to that reputation once again. Time after time the City has engineered…...
Sunday, November 13, 2016
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on November 13, 2016 at 03:50 pm
Tomorrow the Grand Forks City Council will hold a meeting to consider what is to be done about the proposed demolition and sale of Arbor Park. If any of you…...
By
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on November 13, 2016 at 12:45 am
Okay. Congratulations have been given out to the winner, we’ve all admitted we were wrong about who would win. Conservatives long ago were resigned anyway – when Indiana handed us…...
Friday, November 11, 2016
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on November 11, 2016 at 12:21 pm
The election is finally over. We will see what a President Trump will bring. Conservatives who did not support him now must find a pathway forward. As one such…...
Thursday, November 10, 2016
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on November 10, 2016 at 05:17 pm
There is a reason why the freedom of expression was the first item in the Bill of Rights. Immediately following adoption of the Constitution, the Framers added ten Amendments which…...
Monday, November 07, 2016
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on November 7, 2016 at 01:10 am
The ichneumodinae are a kind of wasp. Like many of their kind, they are predators. The female stings its prey. She doesn't kill it, however. She merely stuns it and…...
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
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on October 19, 2016 at 11:59 pm
As the election season groans on, as Hillary’s scandalous emails come out, revealing plotting against everyone at every level, as Donald Trump keeps shoving his foot in his mouth over…...
Monday, October 17, 2016
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on October 17, 2016 at 08:12 pm
The saga of how we came to the end of the line in the Republican Party is one which actually accelerated as the Democrats became more and more egregious. In…...
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