SCHMID’S TOP TEN NORTH DAKOTA STORIES OF 2015
OIL SLOWDOWNMoody’s Analytics declared that “North Dakota’s oil boom has come to an end, and the state will underperform the nation for several years.” State officials and economists believed that…...
Schmid: Looking Back From the Left Coast
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Monday, December 28, 2015
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - DECEMBER 28, 2015
A CHRISTMAS TALE A low income Fargo grandmother was a wee bit careless -- she left her car running with gifts for her grandchildren inside. Two bad people (Minnesotans,…...
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - DECEMBER 20, 2015
WE’RE A LITTLE SHORT The state “is going to have to do a little belt-tightening going into 2016.” -- Gov. Jack Dalrymple after learning that state revenues July through…...
Monday, December 14, 2015
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - DECEMBER 14, 2015
STILL A WINNER ND has been named the best-run state for the fourth consecutive year by website 24/7 Wall St. Nearby states Wyoming, Iowa, Nebraska and Minnesota fill out the…...
Monday, December 07, 2015
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - DECEMBER 17, 2015
REALLY! “The road is straight and nearly clear for the attorney general.” -- A Forum editorial predicted that ND Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem, who has declared for governor, will have…...
Wednesday, December 02, 2015
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - NOVEMBER 23, 2015
SQUAWK, SQUAWK! IT’S A HAWK! So went a Fargo Forum editorial belittling the new UND nickname. The Forum said it was no surprise given the way the byzantine nickname…...
Friday, November 20, 2015
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - NOVEMBER 16, 2015
ONE LAST TIME A third and last round of voting for UND nickname options is scheduled for mid-November to choose between Fighting Hawks (46% in the second round) and Rough…...
Monday, November 09, 2015
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - NOVEMBER 9, 2015
CHEW ON THAT Next Sunday, ND will be 126 years old -- the Fargo Forum prepared 126 “amazing” ND facts for the occasion. Some were a little banal, like “Salem…...
Tuesday, November 03, 2015
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - NOVEMBER 2, 2015
FORMER PRES. TOM CLIFFORD “As usual, non-North Dakotans such as UND Presidents Ken Baker, Kupchella and Robert Kelley brought with them the bias that pervades the rest of the country's…...
Friday, October 30, 2015
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - OCTOBER 21, 2015
DISSIDENTS PLEASE GO AWAY! Voting on a new UND nickname is underway -- those opposing the voting and supporters of the UND Fighting Sioux nickname were urged to throw in…...
Monday, October 26, 2015
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - OCTOBER 16, 2015
BREACH OF DUTY “By refusing to put ‘North Dakota’ back on the list, Kelley is silencing a majority of these people. It is a breach of morality and the social…...
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - OCTOBER 12, 2015
WHY IS IT? Former residents of most states feel nostalgia, but those from ND seem to be in another class. They enjoy their present lives and do not plan to…...
Monday, October 05, 2015
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - OCTOBER 5, 2015
WHAT A DEAL! Minot native and movie star Josh Duhamel was paid nearly a half million dollars for one week of work for the ND Dept. of Commerce tourist division.…...
Monday, September 28, 2015
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
“THIS IS A REAL WAKE-UP CALL, I think.” -- House Majority Leader Al Carlson during a meeting of the ND Legislature’s Budget Section. He referenced July and August tax revenues…...
Monday, September 21, 2015
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - SEPTEMBER 21, 2015
DOWNTOWN FARGO is enjoying a civic renaissance. No party is more responsible than Doug Burgum’s Kilbourne Group. The Forum published a map of downtown Fargo showing 18 properties acquired by…...
Monday, September 14, 2015
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - SEPTEMBER 14, 2015
NOVEL, EVEN BRILLIANT! A ND state representative has suggested a resolution for the Fighting Sioux controversy. Scott Louser of Minot suggests donating the Fighting Sioux nickname and logo to a…...
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - SEPTEMBER 14, 2015
NOVEL, EVEN BRILLIANT! A ND state representative has suggested a resolution for the Fighting Sioux controversy. Scott Louser of Minot suggests donating the Fighting Sioux nickname and logo to a…...
Tuesday, September 08, 2015
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - SEPTEMBER 8, 2015
“WELL DONE, MY GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT.” -- Bismarck Tribune columnist Clay Jenkinson used a biblical quote to describe the nearly unanimous reaction to Gov. Jack Dalrymple’s decision to retire…...
Monday, August 31, 2015
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - AUGUST 31, 2015
GOV. JACK DALRYMPLE announced this week he is not running for re-election in 2016 -- members of both parties are lining up. The most intense speculation surrounds the intentions of…...
Monday, August 24, 2015
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - AUGUST 24, 2015
KEEPING SCORE I compared the economies of ND and three similar neighbors (Montana, South Dakota and Wyoming) for the past five years. Minnesota was not included, since it is much…...
Monday, August 17, 2015
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - AUGUST 17, 2015
CHS PULLS THE PLUG The future of Jamestown changed immediately when CHS, the nation’s biggest farm cooperative, canceled plans for a $3 billion nitrogen fertilizer plan in Spiritwood. St. Paul-based…...
Monday, August 10, 2015
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - AUGUST 10, 2015
BEST FINANCIAL SHAPE “We wanted to go beyond credit score and look at more people’s whole holistic financial health and try to get a feel for how cities were doing…...
Monday, August 03, 2015
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - AUGUST 3, 2015
BAD RAP! "Obviously, there's no comparison between North Dakota and Greece." -- A spokesman for U.S. Sen. John Hoeven. CNBC called ND “the American version of Greece” for receiving vastly…...
Monday, July 27, 2015
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JULY 27, 2015
ENOUGH DEPRESSION MENTALITY “It's time for North Dakota to get comfortable being rich.” -- Mike Jacobs in his weekly column for the GF Herald. Jacobs led readers through the state…...
Monday, July 20, 2015
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JULY 20, 2015
TOO CUTE! “If we do decide to officially lend our editorial voice to choosing Roughriders as the next UND mascot, we would do it because it is a nickname that…...
Friday, July 10, 2015
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JULY 13, 2015
WHERE ARE YOU BETTER OFF? Yahoo Finance determined the most expensive city in each state as well as the median household income and relative cost of living in those cities.…...
Monday, July 06, 2015
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JULY 6, 2015
FARGO'S DUBIOUS NEW DISTINCTION -- its violent crime rate exceeds the national average for the first time. In 1993, Fargo had 122 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, while the national…...
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JUNE 30, 2015
"THE WORLD ENVIES US” -- A staff member of the Grand Forks-based UAS Magazine discussing the role of UND and Grand Forks in the world of unmanned aircraft systems. The…...
Monday, June 22, 2015
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JUNE 22, 2015
ND AGAIN LED NATION The state’s 6.3% growth rate in 2014 was easily best in the nation. The other four states in the top five had growth rates ranging from…...
Monday, June 15, 2015
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JUNE 15, 2015
UND PRESIDENT ROBERT KELLEY resigned, effective next January. The UND Alumni Association distributed an obligatory letter listing achievements on Kelley’s watch. Kelley came to UND from Wyoming in 2008, since…...
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