Ashley, North Dakota, is a small farming town where the local diet leans hard on sausage, deep-fried chicken and strudel. It has something of a medical center, but the nearest trauma hospital able to handle the most serious injuries is almost four hours away in Fargo. Yet the elders in ...
Former Vice President Mike Pence is now promoting his new book, "What Conservatives Believe: Rediscovering the American Conscience." Distinct from most stuff appearing now for the nation's 250th birthday, Pence's book is targeted not at the nation as whole, but at the Republican Party in ...
It started with chickadees. Maybe you associate the namesake “chick-a-dee-dee-dee” call of the little black-capped bird, but what resonates with me is a two-note measure, high then low, bringing to mind the first two chords from the piano opening of the jazz album “Kind of Blue.” When ...
I am not usually one to offer my opinion publicly, but in light of what I have heard regarding statements “allegedly” made during the Davis County Sheriff campaign, I felt compelled. I am a 30-year military veteran, retiring as a base commander of ~1500 individuals, in the rank of Colonel. ...
Throughout my career in law enforcement, I have worked with hundreds of deputies, supervisors, commanders, and executives. Very few have earned my respect to the degree that Aaron Perry has. I have known Aaron for nearly twenty years and had the privilege of working side by side with him for ...
In a 2011 Los Angeles Times column titled "When Unity Was All-American," writer George Skelton marked the 70th anniversary of Pearl Harbor by recalling a time when Americans respected those whom they elected. "What I remember most," he recalled about America during World War II, "are home ...
