No more Mr. Moderate Guy

Letter to the Editor, Grand Forks Herald
Published Sunday, December 27, 2009
By: Stan Stein
WAHPETON, N.D. — It’s good to see that Max is back (“National defense op-ed rings a bit hollow,” letter, Page A4, Dec. 12).
Max Laird tried to portray himself as a political moderate and an independent when he unsuccessfully ran for superintendent of public [...]

Left-wing writer doesn’t get it

Letter to the Editor, The Fargo Forum
Published Sunday, December 20, 2009
By: Brenda Bergseth
Recently, North Dakota Public Service Commissioner Brian Kalk wrote an insightful letter regarding the correlation of National Guard deployment and U.S. military to trade and energy policies. A few days later, Holly Haugen, in a piece she signed, said she didn’t understand Kalk’s [...]

North Dakota regulators balk at location of wind towers

By: Dale Wetzel, Associated Press Writer, INFORUM
Published Friday, December 11, 2009
BISMARCK – North Dakota regulators, leery of a wind developer’s request to locate six turbines less than a quarter-mile from rural homes, have scheduled a hearing for arguments about why they should grant it.
The state Public Service Commission in April approved a site plan for [...]

NEWS RELEASE – EPA Playing Politics with Energy Future

EPA Playing Politics with Energy Future
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Brian Kalk, North Dakota Public Service Commissioner, said the decision by the Environmental Protection Agency to declare carbon dioxide a pollutant and a danger to humans, is an example of questionable science and crass politics, of the worst kind.
“The EPA promulgated this ruling, in an attempt to [...]