February 10th, 2026
By Ed Raymond
Trump, White House, cabinet and advisors are documented criminal liars who should be deported to Mars on Musk’s rockets
So, our Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) police are out in the country arresting the worst of the worst, convicted criminals, predators and liars so they can be detained and then deported to countries that have a certain overwhelming stench. Our government is looking for as many as 22 million of them.
ICE should have started the search in…
January 5th, 2026
By Ed Raymond
A mind that snapped, cracked, and popped at one hundred
I wasn’t going to read a long column called “Centenarian: A Diary of a Hundredth Year” by Calvin Tomkins celebrating his birthday on December 17 of 2025 because it was 14 pages of small type in The New Yorker.But, being a compulsive reader, I started it.
He hooked me immediately because his mind was still young and his word selection was enticing — although with a severe case of macular degeneration (he was…
December 29th, 2025
By Ed Raymond
We have millions of candidates from 108 Billion people on Earth
With population experts estimating that at least 100 billion Homo sapiens have lived and died on earth, that means we have had millions of blessed and cursed Great Leaders, some real bad dudes and a dominating duchess or two before the 21st Century — and we have thousands since the century after Jesus Christ. I am going to concentrate on three great candidates for the top winner for entrance to the International…
December 29th, 2025
By Ed Raymond
“When the people have nothing more to eat, they will eat the rich”
About 250 years ago my poor French ancestors had nothing to eat so they rebelled against the crown of Louis XVI and Queen Antoinette — after he had helped Americans defeat the British — and stormed the Bastille in Paris, the symbol of monarchical power in France on July 14, 1789. The royal prison of France had only seven prisoners in a country with 26 million people, the most population of any European…
December 29th, 2025
By Ed Raymond
Will the human species destroy ourselves with bigotry and heat?
The most inspiring of our leaders in the last century was Prime Minister Winston Churchill of England at the beginning of World War II when he declared: “Never give in — Never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.” He also was smart enough to recognize “A lie gets halfway around the world before the…
December 9th, 2025
By Ed Raymond
Will we move up from Homo sapiens to Human empathians?
The big question is, will the world’s billionaires who are now Homo sapiens gain enough human empathy to save the world from themselves — and heat? The world currently has more than 3,000 billionaires and many millions of multi-millionaires who want to move to the level of Bezos and Musk, the trillion dollar man. A very strong majority of both have the attitude expressed by New York City…
December 2nd, 2025
By Ed Raymond
Will the Divided States of America end up selling bananas?
Sixty-nine years ago, I was in charge of an advance party of the 6th Marines Regiment assigned for training in the Caribbean at Vieques Island, Puerto Rico and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, with stops in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Our job was to set up housing, latrines, tents, water supplies and recreation areas for about a four-month training schedule. In addition, it was also our job to spend…
December 2nd, 2025
By Ed Raymond
Why not put all of our gold at Fort Knox to common good?
With all of the gold and marble Donald Trump has been splattering and gluing around the White House and Oval Office, why don’t we put all of that gold in Fort Knox, Kentucky at work on Capitol Hill and the White House and the new ballroom? Why not have the Secretary of the Treasury bid on the solid gold toilet put up for auction at Sotheby’s in New York City on November 18? The bidding started…
November 24th, 2025
By Ed Raymond
Democrats have MAGA, MAHA, MAWF, and Trumplicans to fight
My favorite analyst of things religious and political is Finton O’Toole who uses plain English, curses, temper, and knowledge to make a point. He has just published the autopsy of the death of the Democratic Party in the 2024 presidential election in the New York Review of Bookstitled “The Lingering Delusion.”
As he examined the dementia of President Joe Biden and the empathy and policies…
November 18th, 2025
By Ed Raymond
Will the Vatican ever love LBGTQUIA+ with open hearts and minds?
Christians have been hot and bothered by sex for 2,000 years and Catholic popes, cardinals, bishops, priests and nuns have been flummoxing Catholics on their knees in pews or in confessionals forevermore. Will the Vatican ever evolve to enroll all members of the human race? In early days we have the Prophet Paul stating celibacy is preferable to marriage because “it’s better to marry…
By Bryce Vincent Haugen By all accounts, Democratic-Farmer-Labor U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar — first elected in 2006 — is the most popular active politician in Minnesota, whether she’s judged by polling or by her four electoral…
Saturday, June 13, 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.Paradox Comics-N-Cards, 814 Main Ave., FargoCalling all nerds: it’s time to get down and nerdy with vendors aplenty, who are selling comics, toys, video games, board games, various collectibles…
June 6-7StatewideYou grab a line and I’ll grab a pole — and if you’re a North Dakota resident, you can head on down to your favorite fishing hole, no license needed (for this weekend, anyway). All other rules still apply…
By John Strand It took us over 30 years for us to reach out and ask for your help. The High Plains Reader has always been subscription free and paywall free. Our content has — and always will be — free to access for all of our…
By Ed RaymondWere women created to do the work of God?One of the first requests made by new Pope Leo XIV was to invite an expert on the alt-right conservative Catholic organization known as Opus Dei to brief him about its…
By Rick Gionrickgion@gmail.com Holiday wine shopping shouldn’t have to be complicated. But unfortunately it can cause unneeded anxiety due to an overabundance of choices. Don’t fret my friends, we once again have you covered…
By Rick GionThe scarfing of canned fish and seafood products by online food influencer types is hard to miss on social media these days. Some of the consumed morsels range from exquisite to downright nasty. However, there are many…
By Bryce Vincent Haugen The curtain has come down on Jade Presents. Fargo-Moorhead’s largest event promoter has brought thousands of shows — more than 150 per year — and hundreds of artists to the area over the past 36 years. On…
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By Greg Carlson Steven Spielberg, who will turn 80 this December, returns to the subject of aliens among us in “Disclosure Day,” his first feature since “The Fabelmans” in 2022. Now closer to the end than the beginning of…
By Jacinta Zens I recently sat down for a chat with ceramicist Louie Albertson, Clay and Studio Program Manager at the Plains Art Museum. Before the interview, I had the pleasure of getting to know him a bit as a colleague when I…
Saturday, January 31, 6:30-9 p.m.Transfiguration Fitness, 764 34th St. N., Unit P, FargoAn enchanting evening celebrating movement and creativity in a staff-student showcase. This is a family-friendly event showcasing pole, aerial…
By Annie Prafckeannieprafcke@gmail.com AUSTIN, Texas – As a Chinese-American, connecting to my culture through food is essential, and no dish brings me back to my mother’s kitchen quite like hotdish. Yes, you heard me right –…
By Sabrina Hornungsabrina@hpr1.comNew Jamestown Brewery Serves up Local FlavorThere’s something delicious brewing out here on the prairie and it just so happens to be the newest brewery west of the Red River and east of the…
By Eli Liverani Cholesterol is probably one of the first molecules I have ever heard of in my childhood. Most of the relatives on my mother's side had high cholesterol in their blood, and apparently, levels above a certain range…
January 31, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.Viking Ship Park, 202 1st Ave. N., Moorhead2026 marks 10 years of frosty fun! Enjoy sauna sessions with Log the Sauna, try Snowga (yoga in the snow), take a guided snowshoe nature hike, listen to live…
Chris M. Stoner I was recently dismissed from my role as drag show director and emcee for Dakota OutRight, a role I had been fulfilling for more than two decades. The reason given? My political commentary during shows, while…
