SALLY MORRIS: DOES DEBATE-O-PHOBIA MEAN END TIMES FOR THE NDGOP?
Kevin Cramer’s decision to by-pass the North Dakota Republican State Convention and go directly to the people via the state primary with his campaign was met with some cheers, a…...
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Friday, January 13, 2012
SALLY MORRIS: SOMETHING ROTTEN IN THE LAND OF COTTON
Here’s something for you term-limit fans to think about. This week term-limited Governor Haley Barbour (R) of Mississippi left office with quite a flourish: he pardoned some 200 convicted felons. …...
Thursday, January 12, 2012
SALLY MORRIS: HOW THINGS ARE DONE IN BISMARCK
HOW THINGS ARE DONE IN BISMARCKPublic Debate . . . or Back-Room Deals?A real factor which, for better or worse, must always enter into party endorsements, is that amorphous quality, …...
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
SALLY MORRIS: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, THE IRRELEVANCY OF TRUTH, AND CRIMINALIZING THE VICTIM
Last March, in a strange and confounding reaction to the assassination of Punjab governor Salman Taseer for his attempt to end or at least ameliorate blasphemy laws in Pakistan which…...
Thursday, December 22, 2011
SALLY MORRIS: “A MORE PERFECT UNION…..”
A few weeks ago I read a column in a local newspaper, which shall remain nameless here, penned by Lloyd Omdahl, wherein he rejoiced in the implementation of the 17th…...
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
SALLY MORRIS: GIVING THANKS WITH YOUR ACTIONS
It is right and proper that Americans begin our Holiday Season with a celebration the Pilgrims dedicated as a day to give thanks. These courageous and humble men and women…...
Friday, November 11, 2011
SALLY MORRIS: TAX PLANS BE DAMNED!
“We contend that for a nation to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.” Winston ChurchillIn…...
Thursday, September 01, 2011
SALLY MORRIS: TULSA PROMOTING RELIGION UNDER GUISE OF TRAINING - SUSPENDS OFFICER
To the City Council of Tulsa:Please convey this to your mayor and Chief of Police:As an American citizen, fully cognizant of the invaluable gift of our United States Constitution, together…...
Monday, August 15, 2011
SALLY MORRIS: LESSONS FROM IOWA - THE NEXT LAP
(The above characterizations as to political leaning are based on the descriptions by the candidates themselves.) *These are arguably “progressive” although they claim to be “conservative” Some interesting…...
Monday, August 08, 2011
SALLY MORRIS: NEITHER A “MAN” NOR A “WOMAN”: A LEADER
Rudyard Kipling: “A woman’s guess is much more accurate than a man’s certainty.” Charlotte Bronte [in a letter to William Smith Williams]: “I am neither a man nor a woman…...
Friday, July 29, 2011
SALLY MORRIS: TRAGEDY IN NORWAY: MADE-TO-ORDER KILLING FIELDS?
"The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise they will win and the decent people will loose." James Earl…...
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
SALLY MORRIS: CHICAGO-STYLE EXTORTION PERPETRATED FROM 1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
Coercion: the practice of compelling a person or manipulating them to behave in an involuntary way (whether through action or inaction) by use of threats, intimidation, trickery, or some other…...
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
SALLY MORRIS: RAISING THE DEBT CEILING - THE RUTHLESS DECEPTION
“Wars in old times were made to get slaves. The modern implement of imposing slavery is debt.” -Ezra Pound “Buy what thou hast no Need of and ere long thou…...
Thursday, June 16, 2011
SALLY MORRIS: WHAT PRICE “DIVERSITY”?
"This is frivolousness to the point of delinquency, the hallmark of a society which has neither faith in its own values, nor a determination for them to endure. And a…...
Thursday, June 09, 2011
SALLY MORRIS: WHEN “LITTLE” THINGS MEAN A LOT
"It must not be forgotten that it is especially dangerous to enslave men in the minor details of life. For my part, I should be inclined to think freedom less…...
Friday, May 27, 2011
SALLY MORRIS: RUSH - “PADDY O’BAMA” IS INSULTING
Rush - I am not only a "long-time listener", I am also a long-time activist for the Conservative cause. I write for a Conservative current events magazine (The Dakota Beacon)…...
Friday, May 20, 2011
SALLY MORRIS: THE “ARAB SPRING” AND THE ARROGANCE OF STUPIDITY
What is it that a competent lawyer NEVER does? If you are a lawyer yourself, or a law student, or if you go to many movies or watch TV or…...
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
SALLY MORRIS: MR. BOEHNER - LEAD OR RESIGN
I opened up an email from Floyd Brown (I get these frequently) and found him calling for us to send faxes to Congress to express our desire that Speaker John…...
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
SALLY MORRIS: THE GREAT CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION CON JOB
The “Con-Con” Con Sally Morris “Having witnessed the difficulties and dangers experienced by the first Convention which assembled under every propitious circumstance, I should tremble for the result of a…...
Thursday, May 05, 2011
SALLY MORRIS: TENTH AMENDMENT HERO - SHERIFF MACK COMES TO GRAND FORKS
The Valley Tea Party Conservative Coalition invited all 53 country sheriffs of North Dakota to be their guests at a breakfast with former Arizona Sheriff Richard Mack in Grand Forks,…...
Sunday, April 17, 2011
SALLY MORRIS: OBAMA - KARI - ALL OUR PROBLEMS SOLVED MY MONEY OF THE RICH!
The other day I ran into an acquaintance at the grocery store checkout. Kari asked me what I thought of a current debate over the building of a new public…...
Thursday, April 14, 2011
SALLY MORRIS: DEMOCRATS BURY AMERICA IN DEBT AND REPUBLICANS DIG THE HOLE
Well, folks, now you have it. The Republican Party has stepped up to the plate at long last and missed the ball. They didn’t bunt. They missed the ball. We’ve…...
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
SALLY MORRIS: THE MORNING AFTER IN WALES - GIVING “THE” PILL TO CHILDREN
Last week we learned that Welsh girls, age 13 and up, will now be receiving free “morning after” pills. The government of Great Britain is announcing that the young people…...
Saturday, April 09, 2011
SALLY MORRIS: TUTOR THE TARTARS?
Political science professor, columnist and former North Dakota Lieutenant Governor Lloyd Omdahl opined recently in the Grand Forks Herald, that our current efforts to instill democracy in the Middle East…...
Monday, March 28, 2011
SALLY MORRIS: SLAINTE! TO IRELAND’S ECONOMIC RECOVERY –A LESSON FOR US
With my considerable Celtic background, St. Patrick’s Day for me almost always involves some cultural, musical event and this year was somewhat typical, for I had the pleasure of playing…...
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
SALLY MORRIS: GABRIELLE GIFFORDS: WHEN IS 10% NOT “GOOD ENOUGH”?
It was a moment of drama in an already highly charged event: “I have just come from the University Medical Center, just a mile from here, where our friend Gabby…...
Monday, February 28, 2011
SALLY MORRIS: GABRIELLE GIFFORDS: WHEN IS 10% NOT “GOOD ENOUGH”?
It was a moment of drama in an already highly charged event: “I have just come from the University Medical Center, just a mile from here, where our friend Gabby…...
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
SALLY MORRIS: THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ON PROBATION
As we begin a New Year, let us in America begin a new chapter in our history and finally leave behind the fiscal disorder which has hampered us since the…...
Monday, January 17, 2011
SALLY MORRIS: LUNATIC ASSASSINATES CIVIL DISCOURSE!
After much soul-searching I decided I would do it: I would comment on the shooting that took place this month in Tucson. The reason for my reticence in writing about…...
Thursday, December 30, 2010
SALLY MORRIS: PROFILING IS A VIRTUE; RAPE IS A CRIME
The Panty Bomber might not have succeeded in blowing up the Christmas Day flight in Detroit last year, but terrorists can take encouragement in that the seeds planted last winter…...
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