2011 Constitution Day: Protests, Pickets and Pyromaniacs?

For our great country to thrive, Americans must pull together and stand up in defense of the principles our nation was founded upon and our inalienable rights (rage is not one of them) guaranteed under our Constitution and given by our Creator.

Monica’s High Price

Bottom line: a man with character does not take what he wants without first making a commitment commensurate with the value of the gift he desires.

Self-Esteem or Self-Destruction?

The school of thought that pushed teaching children that whatever they did was okay, even if it was wrong, in order to make them feel better about themselves, has produced its all too predictable consequences.

Thoughts on the Debate

Like many Americans across the country, I watched the presidential debates with keen interest.

Thoughts on Norway

While the media tries its best to paint this deeply troubled man, Anders Behring Breivik, as a rightwing, Christian extremist, our own state director for CWA of North Dakota, Janne Myrdal — herself a Norwegian immigrant — has read his manifesto and tells the Plains Daily a different story.

Domino Dads: Bad for Women, Worse for Children

Some experts like to debunk the idea of a dad’s importance and talk about the “myth of the perfect family.” Such thinking, however, merely sets up a straw man and is erroneous.  There is a voluminous body of research that is clear and unambiguous: The very best family for a child’s positive development and good […]

Cut, Cap and Balance

To fix the economy, we need to revisit the wisdom of our country’s founding: action and sacrifice.

Who’s Your Daddy?

A biogeneticist ran the numbers and calculates the possibility that Whitehurst could be the father of 42 to 60 children.

New Hope for Spain’s Pro-Lifers

Though we have far to go in the U.S. to protect life and family, we do have valuable experiences from which other countries can benefit.

Obama Administration Almost Doubles Number of Limousines

Because the General Services Administration (GSA) keeps track of the government equipment, we know that the Obama Administration almost doubled the number of limousines in the federal fleet over the number during the Bush Administration’s final year (412 in 2010 compared to 238 in 2008).

Were it Not for America

Editor’s Note: We bring you this blog post as part of our Memorial Day rememberance of all those who faithfully served our country.  It was written by guest blogger Janne Myrdal, who serves as state director for Concerned Women for America of North Dakota, and it was originally posted April 19, 2011. This morning I attended the […]