When was the last time you helped something?
When was the last time you comforted something?
Do you know what help is?
Do you know what comforting is?
Moving a spider from your house back into your garden is helping.
Squashing it is not.
Comforting is listening.
Telling people what to do is not.
They Can’t Get Answers From the Oil Industry. North Dakota’s Oversight
Program Hasn’t Helped.
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by Jacob Orledge, North Dakota Monitor, photography by Sarahbeth Maney,
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