With all the hoopla over the decisions of the North Dakota state legislators recently, those outside the state have little opportunity to understand who lives and works here and the one thing that ties most residents here together—love of the prairie. The outside world has some strange notions about North Dakota, even before the latest…
I can’t claim the title here of playing chicken with the Supreme Court. This is Joanna Grossman’s phrase in her post “What’s the Matter with North Dakota and Arkansas?” but I thought it well worth repeating. She gives a very nice summary of the long-term assault on Roe vs. Wade and how North Dakota’s legislative…
As Dr. Jen Gunther says, who do you want in the examining room with you? The political fundraiser or your physician? Today ACOG (the Congress) released a statement (which ACOG has removed from the web) regarding North Dakota’s legislators making medical decisions. This statement was quite clear. Legislators don’t have a medical license and should refrain…
Most people assume separation of church and state means people will not be paid unemployment by the state job services if they quit for religious reasons. Wrong. Several states practice paying unemployment benefits to Seventh Day Adventists who quit because they refuse to work on Saturday. The case law in these states varies, but usually…
I’m a long-time Washington Post reader, and now located in, yes, central North Dakota. In fact, much of the research used in the writing of Modern Medicine: What You’re Dying to Know came from the Washington Post. With all the hoopla over the recent legislation passed here about abortion, it’s nice to connect with a perspective…
