August 9, 2013 Written for TLC Class of 2012 We didn’t play catch…..or swim in the creek; We left you alone, while you worked through the week. Carrying us all, so far from yourself; Storing a lifetime, hidden up on the shelf. Can a Motel sing songs, and cheer quite...
by Thomas A. Dickson He lost me somewhere between substantive due process and the Lochner dissent. The words and arguments continued unimpeded by my attention. Professor Cogan’s Constitutional Law Class had reached its mid-winter drone and I was locked into it. I...
Good Afternoon. Our friend Heidi Heitkamp is unable to be here today and I beg your indulgence to allow me to speak on her behalf. It goes without saying that this is an important race. It is for a seat in the United States Senate. Each state only gets two. This seat...
by Tom Dickson, Thunderhead Ranch; July 21, 2012 I heard his steps on the porch tonight, coming in the door Dusty boots, that dirty hat, ….messing up my floor Supper’s on, but not so much, I only cook for two He washes up and grabs a beer, and sometimes quite a few....
by Tom Dickson Standing still, under the trees Dogs are gone, nothing but fleas More than one slept inside Hiding from the night, as a mother cried The man spoke Basque, a curious tongue Tending his sheep up high among The mountain meadows hidden above A different...
by Tom Dickson; April, 2011 Dear Virg: I understand some young reporter wanted to know what it was that explained the loyalty we have for this hockey team. She wanted to know what it was that caused this love for a team in a place so far removed from everywhere. Here...
by Tom Dickson In 1995, Ron Nagurski and I were asked to coach the first girls hockey team in Bismarck. We scheduled the first try-outs; although the word “try-out” is something of a misnomer. Everyone who tried out for the team, made the team. In fact, after the...
by Thomas A. Dickson Eighteen years ago, I received a call at my parents’ farm outside of Gilby. I was unemployed. Al Larivee, a trial lawyer from Grand Forks, was heading to Grafton the next day to try a DUI case and asked if I wanted to come along. He was defending...
In September, 1994, Tom wrote the article for the North Dakota Lawyers following a two-week jury trial. The Defendant was charged with murdering his two-month old son. He was found Not Guilty. Will the Clerk please read the verdict? “Tis then that the world stands...
