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Thursday, October 13, 2016

SALLY MORRIS:  WHY YOU DON’T UNDERMINE YOUR RUNNING MATE

Donald Trump’s stunt last weekend of ripping the rug out from under his running mate, Mike Pence, was stupid on sooooo many levels!  Firstly, he looked absolutely disorganized.  He looked…...

Monday, October 10, 2016

SALLY MORRIS:  SHUT UP, DONALD

Today House Speaker Paul Ryan advised Congressional candidates that they should support or dump Presidential candidate Donald Trump depending upon what will help them to win their elections as well…...

SALLY MORRIS:  SUNDAY’S DEBATE - NO REAL APOLOGY, NO HONEST ANSWERS

The Sunday night debate was about as unpleasant an event as you could imagine as the finale of a weekend which began Friday with the release of a video of…...

Saturday, October 08, 2016

SALLY MORRIS:  THE RIGHT MAN, THE RIGHT TIME, THE RIGHT PARTY

I got an email from Free the Delegates after a month or so hiatus.  In the aftermath of the released video recording of Trump’s obscene remarks regarding women and what…...

Wednesday, October 05, 2016

SALLY MORRIS: A CITY IS NOT ABOVE THE LAW

I will preface this article with the information that Grand Forks' City Council is determined to sell a downtown city park, purchased with tax dollars, to a "developer" for $1. …...

Monday, October 03, 2016

SALLY MORRIS: HEAVENLY MUSIC

We learned today of the death of Sir Neville Marriner, founder and longtime conductor of the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields.  Music lovers in our region will mourn the loss of…...

Saturday, October 01, 2016

SALLY MORRIS: SHADOW BOXING – A DEBATE BETWEEN TWO DEMOCRATS

It is too bad that in the debate of Monday, the 26th, there was no one on stage to argue for a conservative cause and agenda.  We had two candidates…...

Monday, September 26, 2016

SALLY MORRIS:  NO THANKS, BUT PROBABLY SILENT GRATITUDE FROM TRUMP

Cruz’s endorsement has had a lot of us wondering what HE was thinking.  What about what TRUMP was thinking?  After months of thumbing his nose at conservative grassroots and proclaiming…...

Saturday, September 24, 2016

SALLY MORRIS: WHAT WE LEARNED IN ST. CLOUD

The stabbing jihad attack at the Crossroads Mall in St. Cloud, Minnesota, presents a number of issues worthy of discussion.  A young Somali man, a student at the State College,…...

Monday, September 19, 2016

SALLY MORRIS:  OPEN LETTER TO THE ARBOR PARK REVIEW COMMITTEE

Objectively, the idea of further residential development in downtown Grand Forks serves both existing downtown dwellers and downtown businesses very poorly.  Many – many! – have weighed in to support…...

Friday, September 16, 2016

SALLY MORRIS: TRUMP WON’T “MAKE AMERICA GREAT” WITH THIS!

Ivanka and Donald Trump’s latest proposals with regard to mothers and children are right out of Marx and Lenin.  From each according to his ability – to each according to…...

Wednesday, September 07, 2016

SALLY MORRIS:  LEVIN DOES HIS ELECTION-YEAR FOLD

Mark Levin has done his customary fold.  He does this every election year.  Remember?  He did it last  time around too.   But this time with a little twist.  He has…...

Tuesday, September 06, 2016

SALLY MORRIS:  AMERICA MOURNS A GREAT LEADER

Phyllis Schlafly has died at age 92.  For more than half a century, Schlafly was a leading thinker in the conservative movement.  Her last year has been a storm of…...

Saturday, September 03, 2016

SALLY MORRIS: A POLICE STATE BUILT ON THE RUINS OF A FREE SOCIETY?

The recently leaked memo from George Soros reveals the plot underlying the generosity of the federal government with regard to providing manpower, equipment and systems to our local police.  Although…...

Monday, August 15, 2016

SALLY MORRIS: A MODEST PROPOSAL FOR YOUR REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE

A couple of headlines to mull over here:  “Trump: If RNC cuts me off, I'll stop funding them” “Donald Trump begins contemplating the unthinkable: He might lose” Think about these…...

Friday, August 05, 2016

SALLY MORRIS: PLAYING WITH MATCHES - DONALD TRUMP AND THE GHOST OF A PRESIDENCY PAST

As I looked at the picture of Trump, on the morning after his glorious revolution, having taken over the Republican Party, now standing with his VP choice at his side,…...

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

SALLY MORRIS:  A MAN IN THE MIRROR

Ted Cruz was booed at the GOP convention tonight.  He was insulted simply because he could not bring himself to endorse a man who had falsely libeled him as a…...

Monday, July 18, 2016

SALLY MORRIS: DEFENDING THE RIGHT TO CONSCIENCE

On the first day of the national GOP convention of 2016, the major topic before the delegates is whether they should be allowed to “vote their conscience”.  It is difficult…...

Friday, July 01, 2016

SALLY MORRIS:  AN OPEN LETTER TO TEA PARTY PATRIOTS ON INDEPENDENCE DAY - END POLITICAL WELFARE

I received a note from our friends in Northwest Minnesota.  Some of you have been here since the beginning of the tea party movement and know the tremendous contribution these…...

Sunday, June 26, 2016

SALLY MORRIS: NEVER TRUMP!

Conservatives in America are being given an impossible choice – Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton.  One short year ago this choice would have been unthinkable.  Remember?  Back then we were…...

Thursday, June 23, 2016

SALLY MORRIS:  MOB RULE?  AUTHORITARIANSIM? ASK BEN CARSON

Well, Donald Trump surrogate Ben Carson is at it again.  He has observed that some people believe 100% that as Americans we have the right to bear arms like the…...

Thursday, June 16, 2016

SALLY MORRIS:  WE’RE IN JIHAD WHETHER WE CALL IT THAT OR NOT

We are in jihad in America today.  Maybe you didn’t notice.  Maybe you thought, “Oh, dear!  We just had another terrorist attack.”  Fifty people died in Orlando last weekend.  The…...

Saturday, June 11, 2016

SALLY MORRIS:  WHY WE NEED TO AUDIT THE GAS AND OIL DIVISION – NOW!

Paul Sorum stirred up a hornet’s nest a couple of weeks ago when he called for a performance audit of the Gas and Oil Division.  Some were ready to dismiss…...

Friday, June 10, 2016

SALLY MORRIS: THE CANDIDATE THE MEDIA DOES NOT WANT YOU TO HEAR . . . WHY NOT?

It is election eve.  We have come a long way since the GOP convention in March.  We saw one conservative candidate for governor go head-to-head with near-incumbent Wayne Stenehjem, the…...

Tuesday, May 31, 2016

SALLY MORRIS:  THE CHILL IS ALREADY UPON US

Many conservatives have not endorsed or supported Donald Trump since he has run away with the delegate count for various reasons – some of us simply do not believe anything…...

Sunday, May 29, 2016

SALLY MORRIS: WHAT IS WRONG WITH LETTING TRANSGENDERS USE THE LADIES’ ROOM?

What about a law that says that no one under the age of 21 be allowed to begin any "transgendering" process – hormonal, surgical or other – and that until…...

Saturday, May 14, 2016

SALLY MORRIS:  IT IS FINALLY TIME TO BRING THE CURTAIN DOWN ON THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

“We should shrink the size and power of the federal government by every and any means possible. What does that mean? That means eliminating unnecessary or unconstitutional agencies.” – Ted…...

Wednesday, May 04, 2016

SALLY MORRIS: THE END OF FREE SPEECH IN NORTH DAKOTA?

With the national Republican competition now ended, North Dakota citizens have time to focus on our own issues close to home.  And there are many.  North Dakota has become a…...

Monday, April 25, 2016

SALLY MORRIS: SEPARATING THE WHEAT FROM THE CHAFF

The recent discussion about public restrooms has separated more than genders – it has separated the liberals from the mugwumps from the conservatives. It turns out that the transgender bathroom…...

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

SALLY MORRIS: NORTH DAKOTA VOTERS DESERVE SUBSTANCE IN THE JUNE PRIMARY

The race for Governor of North Dakota is simmering as we lurch into a politically charged atmosphere in spring of 2016. First there was the lead-up to the GOP state…...

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