Curio | December 4, 2025

On This Day | A Principled Perspective

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Josh Wolsky

What North Dakota needs is a united front. All this farmer against the town folks is the finest of folly. Out of our population of 682,000 there are 600,000 or more of us in the same boat. We want clean government, honest handling of state funds, sensible use of the taxes we pay. Some of the rest — and sad to say we call them politicians — make use of the class division to pit us one against the other so they can elect themselves to office.
December 4, 1941 | Ward County Independent

Why We Chose It

Our local editor gave considerable space to the issue of the moment — the question of seating Langer in the Senate. So it made sense to call out the depth of thoughtful comment that was common in our little country weekly. No doubt other editors across the state also gave this issue column inches, and what was the result? A well-informed, well-educated electorate capable of meeting the challenges of the moment. Just days later, a “challenge of the moment” would emerge that was much more substantial.