One of the reliable annual news stories is the welcoming of the first baby born in Minot. Mike Sasser, Editor of the Minot Daily News, sees that story as cause for renewed optimism in our community, our culture, and our nation. [...]Read More...[...]
Tag: Culture
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Rooting for Alabama from North Dakota
Former U.S. Congressman from Boston and House Speaker, Tip O’Neil coined the truism, “All politics are local”. That fact of life is presently playing itself out in the state of Alabama. Alabama has a unique h [...]Read More... from Rooting for Alabama[...]
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Robinson, Rugby both feel confident as continental centers
This is unilaterally voted by the editor of The Minot Voice as the most important North Dakota news story of 2017. Read and enjoy. [...]Read More... from Robinson, Rugby both feel confident as continental centers
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Why North Dakotans should welcome diversity
A couple months back, the Forum editorial staff took aim at the idea of diversity within our culture. The final paragraph, sums on a set of strong arguments. “Easy to overlook, these are reminders that we should celebrate our increasing ethnic and[...]
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A retired army general offers four tips for cultivating strong leaders
In government, in business, in athletics, and in our culture — it doesn’t matter the field, the need for leadership is inexhaustible. So, how do we grow a new supply that’s at the ready when we need it? Here’s one framework with[...]
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A look inside the small US towns that will be crushed by the trucking revolution
Disruption is coming. Automated cars have been a regular topic here on The Minot Voice, and that will continue. The reason, the technology is going to reshape the base fabric of this country. One of the likely less considered implications, how the[...]
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Rural Youth Chase Big-City Dreams
Out-migration of young people from the prairie is not a new phenomenon. Growing up here in the 80’s and 90’s, I can attest to the fact that North Dakota youth have been hearing about this problem going back at least 30 years.[...]
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Radical thinking reveals the secrets of making change happen
Have you ever wondered how and why change happens? Perhaps more importantly, have you ever wondered how what looks like intentional change happens? The change ingredients are easy to see in when looked on with hindsight, and the driving factors are the[...]
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What Mongolian Nomads Teach Us About the Digital Future
North Dakota’s prairie-grass ecosystem and nomad economy were converted to an agriculturally based economy by the area’s early European settlers, but across the Pacific in the heart of Asia, the Mongolian nomads still live a lifestyle largely free of the traditional modern[...]
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Breaking down UND numbers reveals enrollment trends
Like Minot State, enrollment numbers at UND are down this year. But the total number doesn’t always tell the whole story. Andrew Haffner with the Grand Forks Herald interviews UND’s Director of Admissions for a deeper look at the numbers and the demographics[...]
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In ‘This Blessed Earth,’ the outdated romance of the family farm
The farms and small towns of our parents and grandparents generation are less and less each season. New technology, out-migration, changing geopolitics — they’re all factors contributing to the ebb of the family farm culture. If the topic interests you, “This Blessed[...]
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Why Investors Are Betting That Bike Sharing Is the Next Uber
You’ve probably heard of Uber and Lyft — the ride-sharing companies and business models that are rewriting the books on the traditional cab business, car ownership, and likely city and road design, too. But sharing economy is still an infant; we’ve not[...]
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Drug experts see confluence of factors behind opioid crisis
In Minot, the Mayor’s Committee on Addiction met this week. When it comes to dealing with the effects of the opioid and larger addiction problem, they’re going to divide and hopefully conquer. They’ll be splitting into several sub-committees to deal with different[...]
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Shopping habits are hurting American jobs, especially today
In the 1970’s and 1980’s, it was the rise of the mall that dramatically changed shopping habits and the retail delivery model. Today, it’s the Internet and giant online retailers like Amazon. The consumer behavior is shifting toward the model that provides[...]
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Winging it on a prayer: churches are trying new ways to attract young followers
There’s a lot in flux right now in our country — our economy, our political spectrum, the technology that shapes our daily lives — all of it is changing. And so are our churches; those that are growing are finding new ways[...]
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‘We hereby declare!’ Young citizens take oath in special Children’s Museum event
When it comes to immigration formalities, the children of naturalized parents and those adopted by American parents are often notified by of their citizenship by a letter in the mail. But at a recent ceremony at the Children’s Museum of Minnesota, the[...]