Painting Below Zero

Turns out there is an influential New York artist who grew up in North Dakota, and he wrote a book.

Review: Painting Below Zero

Past Propaganda

NYTimes.com has a long, multi-part feature on doctored photographs from the Depression, some of it involving drought in North Dakota in the 1930s. In case you're interested in that sort of thing.

Bobcat

Finally, someone reports some negative news about North Dakota.

CNN: Back to work but still a bit nervous

We're No. 7

... According to Forbes.

The Best States for Business, including an older interview with John Hoeven.

Were we more interesting when our economy was lousy?

Greetings from Asbury Park

New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine's solution to his state's near-10 percent unemployment rate? "Go to North Dakota."

We're No. 16!

According to CNBC, and tied with Washington.

America's Top States for Business '09

We're Awesome ... Wait

"People from Bismarck are pretty relaxed ... They're not worried, not at all."

It's always embarrassing when a magazine hypes your low unemployment and then the town's biggest manufacturer closes its plant.

BusinessWeek: What's North Dakota Doing Right?