What Would My Mom Do? (Drink Tab and Lock Us Outside)

There’s something to be said for the parenting styles of old, where children were allowed to run a bit more freely and fail a bit more often. North Dakota is a place of families and kids, but the devils advocate may warn of obsessing too much.

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From The Left: The Conservatives Environmental Conundrum

A resident left-leaner writing at Say Anything Blog.com calls for a more rational dialogue about the environment and less ideological rhetoric.

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Mike Rowe: Of Assholes and Authenticity

The Minot Voice has featured commentary from Mike Rowe in the past, and we'll no doubt continue to do so in the future. Today he writes on the true meaning and danger of that old adage, 'just be yourself.'

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Speculation on the MARC: Where are They Going to Put it?

It’s in the title, but let’s be crystal clear on this. This article is pure speculation. Park District officials have repeatedly said it would not be financially responsible to purchase land before they have authority from voters to build the MARC. So, as far as the Park District is concerned, they’re not saying, and it’s

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Deck Seems Stacked Against The Public When It Comes To Transparency

You’ll see The Minot Voice harp on open government and transparency over and over again, but this time we don’t have to do it because Rod St. Aubyn writing at Say Anything has chosen to carry the torch for a little while.

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Charge against Baesler dropped, Read the Full Report

Rob Port at Say Anything Blog has got the full arrest report and investigation notes on State Superintendent of  Public Schools Kristen Baesler arrest. His take, lot’s of bad decisions, nothing near worth prosecuting. Read it all for yourself on Say Anything.

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OPEC Expects to Run US Shale Out of the Market by the End of the Year

News: There’s been little doubt as to where market pressures that caused the drop in oil prices are coming from — OPEC. Commentary: We’re guessing the intangible quality that is American ingenuity was left out of Saudi’s calculations when they planned their strategy.

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Farm Groups Oppose One-Cent Sales Tax for Rec Center

Ward County Farm Bureau and Ward County Farmers Union have spoken out against the proposed 1 cent sales tax and the new funding method for the Park District.

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Commentary: Former Senator Kent Conrad’s New Job

Former Senator Kent Conrad has taken a job lobbying for Molina Healthcare, and there’s at least one person wondering if that job might related to a prior vote on a controversial bill that wasn’t very popular in North Dakota.

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Poll: Fund Parks with Property Tax or Sales Tax?

The Minot Daily News is asking, and you can participate without being a paid subscriber. Follow the ‘Source’ link below.

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Editorial: YMCA’s MARC Language is Anything but Polite

If you caught Minot Daily News last Sunday and happened to read the letters, you may have noticed one from Y.M.C.A. Executive Director Roger Mazurek titled ‘YMCA politely declines at this time’. In the letter, he makes official the Y’s intention not to participate in a revenue sharing plan with the proposed MARC. Sadly for

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Video Commentary: What’s Wrong With The Media?

If you’ve gone through our welcome presentation, you know that a big part of what The Minot Voice is all about is improving the information we all consume on a daily basis. The idea is that if feed our brains a lean diet of premium content, we’ll see benefits in all sorts of places we don’t

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Commentary: It’s Time For Larry Skogen To Stop Making Excuses

If you follow Say Anything Blog at all, you know that one of Rob Port’s personal passions is reform within the state’s University System. And his consistent calls for change have brought attention to issue… if only officials within the system admitted there may be some problems.

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The Science of Psilocybic Mushrooms

An argument could be made that the war on drugs has not been the U.S. government’s best investment, and that is likely due in part to cultural resistance to the criminalization of a few drugs that no business being lumped into the ‘dangerous’ category… marijuana is the most obvious example, psilocybic mushrooms are another. And

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The MARC: The Minot Voice Says ‘Yes’

Six weeks from today, you’ll have the opportunity cast your vote on the MARC — The Minot Aquatics & Recreation Center. The typical modus operandi for a news organization is to cover the details of the story up to the election, and then a few days prior publish an editorial expressing an opinion on the

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