Caught in a Tempest
The U.S. Is A Failed State On A Rudderless U.S.S. Titanic--Captained By A Caliban And yes, it’s headed directly for a huge iceberg. There…
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Underlying Conditions of Presidents Andrew Johnson’s and Donald Trump’s Racism
by Charlie Barber | Jun 2, 2020
#4 of On Tyranny: Take Responsibility for the Face of the World - “The symbols of today enable the reality of tomorrow. Notice the…
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by HPR Contributor | May 31, 2020
We greet each other very carefully, Like porcupines getting ready to make love. Arms in big virtual, barrel hugs, Lots of embarrassed joking and…
Read NowA Clicking Stop Light
by Ed Raymond | May 31, 2020
Are We Close To Hearing The Last Clicking Of A Stoplight?Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan, a Pulitzer Prize-winning New Yorker, has been creating…
Read NowFighting Fire with Water (A Blue Wave)
by Charlie Barber | May 26, 2020
#14 of On Tyranny: Establish a private life. – “Nastier rulers will use what they know about you to push you around. Scrub your…
Read NowCombatting the Taliban, the Nazi, in Ourselves
by Charlie Barber | May 26, 2020
#6 of On Tyranny: Be wary of paramilitaries – “When the men with guns who have always claimed to be against the system start…
Read NowNew Americans vital to ND long term facilities
by HPR Contributor | May 24, 2020
Friday, May 22, 2020 Dear Editor, An unfortunate situation arose this past week when a news story developed around COVID-19 cases in Fargo-area nursing…
Read NowAbsent Without Leave and Desertion: The One Percent
by Ed Raymond | May 24, 2020
Democratic Socialism Rescues Disaster Capitalism—Again
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by Ed Raymond | May 17, 2020
How Does Denmark Keep Unemployment Low During A Pandemic?
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by Charlie Barber | May 12, 2020
There is an amusing, but chilling, true tale by the great Italian journalist, Luigi Barzini (The Italians) from his time of covering Benito Mussolini…
Read NowEssentially unessential: A collective response
by HPR Contributor | May 10, 2020
A restaurant can be a very special place. It can be where you see the folks that live above, around, and beyond; coming...
Read NowAnother Resurrection
by Ed Raymond | May 10, 2020
Two American Con Men With An Insatiable Appetite For Wealth
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by HPR Contributor | May 9, 2020
The rise of this global pandemic is a documented threat, and there is an overall consensus among the scientific community at large that we…
Read NowThe Lies (and McCarthyism) Began With Ignorance and Arrogance
by Charlie Barber | May 7, 2020
#18 of On Tyranny: Be Calm when the unthinkable arrives – “Modern tyranny is terror management. When the terrorist attack comes, remember that authoritarians…
Read NowNative Americans and the Culture of Capitalism in the Time of COVID-19
by HPR Contributor | May 5, 2020
The spread of capitalism has proved to be devastating for Indigenous people, as their culture and social-ecological systems are innately incompatible with...
Read NowA Swift Proposal
by Ed Raymond | May 3, 2020
When Donald the Lyin’ King proposed that COVID-19 might be able to be controlled by injecting bleach, Lysol, sanitizers and other disinfectants into the...
Read NowHow “Rugged” is Rugged Individualism in Hard Times?
by Charlie Barber | Apr 30, 2020
While visiting my neighborhood Cenex station to top off my gas tank for the next month or two of infrequent trips to the grocery…
Read NowJudgment at Washington
by Ed Raymond | Apr 26, 2020
In 1944 as a prisoner of war in a German labor camp M/Sgt Edmonds was the leader of the American prisoners...
Read NowAn open letter to Governor Burgum
by Sabrina Hornung | Apr 21, 2020
The ripple effects of COVID-19
Read NowAnother Pandemic: Republican Voter Suppression
by Ed Raymond | Apr 19, 2020
Hey! Hey! Hey! Supremes! How Many Badgers Did You Kill Today?
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by Charlie Barber | Apr 18, 2020
#16 of On Tyranny: “Learn from peers in other countries. – Keep up your friendships abroad, or make new friends in other countries.
Read NowThere’s No Place Like Home (Alone)!
by Charlie Barber | Apr 5, 2020
#12 of On Tyranny: Make eye contact and small talk
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by Ed Raymond | Apr 5, 2020
The 14th Century Black Plague Started Something Beyond Thoughts And Prayers
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by Ed Raymond | Mar 29, 2020
Fact: In 1979 We Had 19.5 Million Manufacturing Jobs; Today, 12 Million
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