February 10th, 2025
By Ed Raymond
Homo Sapiens are now old enough to know better
According to fossil experts — so far, Homo sapiens have been around for about 300,000 years, evolving slowly from a few other Homos, until most of the Neanderthals met our Maker — if there is One. Homo sapiens have been left “alone” at that point, although it seems some Neanderthals have been hiding in political parties for thousands of years. Notice the high cheek bones and the bellicose larynx on…
January 27th, 2025
By Ed Raymond
How billionaires with brain rot are creating bedlam in the USA
On January 21, 2010, the Republican-dominated United States Supreme Court approved a death sentence for American democracy of 250 to 300 years — and we have already served 244 years. The Citizens United decision removed any limits placed on current spending limits for political campaigns and contributions to political candidates, or even the amounts that could be spent by individuals running…
January 17th, 2025
By Ed Raymond
Will the Divided States of America Add or Subtract to the Future?
In 1937, English writer Aldous Huxley published his novel of the future “Brave New World 632 A.F.” (after Henry Ford), a world restricted by a shortage of essential resources to two billion people. Now born and raised in human hatcheries, the amount of oxygen provided in a birthing bottle determines where you will spend your life, whether in a leadership role as an Alpha, or in menial…
January 6th, 2025
By Ed Raymond
Maybe we will have a transgender insurrection at the capitol on Jan 6
About 3.18 million years ago an adult female chimpanzee eventually named Lucy (after that famous Lucy in the Beatles’ song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”) fell out of a tree in Ethiopia, stumbled, and walked away on two appendages instead of four. Lucy is a relative of ours, a representative of the hominin species called Homo sapiens to which we belong. Although only 3.5 feet…
December 30th, 2024
By Ed Raymond
Would women be able to stop the clock—and possibly rewind it?
Scientists who are members of The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists who constantly study the combined risks of nuclear annihilation, climate change, biological threats, and disruptive technologies, set their Doomsday Clock at 90 seconds to midnight in January of 2023. After studying the facts of the risks listed above, the members set the clock back or forward each January. With what is happening…
December 20th, 2024
By Ed Raymond
A new type of Civil War: “smash-and grab” capitalism and healthcare
The Divided States of America has the greatest economic inequality among wealthy nations on Planet Earth and has birthed a new type of crime because of wealth gained by the top One Percent. “High-End” stores where millionaires and billionaires buy very expensive jewelry and “stuff” have become the victims of robbers who may have a dozen gang members. The gang raids stores…
December 4th, 2024
By Ed Raymond
Will God Ever Text Margaret Back and Answer Her Prayers?
More than 50 years ago a young Judy Blume wrote about 13-year-old Margaret Simon in a contemporary realistic novel titled “Are You There, God?It’s Me, Margaret.” The daughter of a Christian mother and a Jewish father who were not affiliated with either religion, Margaret felt “uncomfortable” about her lack of religious affiliation because friends did attend church, so she studied and…
November 23rd, 2024
By Ed Raymond
With What is Happening in the World, Why not Artificial Intelligence?
Since Lucy fell out of a tree and walked about four million years ago, she has been evolving to humans we call Homo sapiens. We have evolved from clumsy midgets to seven-footers dribbling basketballs, dashing down the basketball court to “dunk” a ball through a basket set at ten feet.
We walked on all fours for three million years as orangutans, chimps, gorillas and great apes.…
November 4th, 2024
By Ed Raymond
Will We Ever Recover from the Trump Virus of Universal Hate?
Just a month ago, the primary doctor of 336 million U.S Americans,U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, issued an advisory on the mental health of the nation’s current parents. He cited these reasons: (1) economic factors beyond their control, (2) costs of health care, (3)costs of childcare, (4) costs of elder care, (5 costs of housing, (6) and costs of groceries. To support his advisory, he…
October 21st, 2024
By Ed Raymond
Citizens United Turned Billionaires Into Oligarchs, Dictators, and Kings
We have reached a stage in Divided States of America politics where if the Democratic Party decreed that zebras have black stripes imprinted on white bodies, the Trumplican Party would object by yelling “No!”: white stripes are strategically placed on black bodies. Then, after hearings and a filibuster or two, they would kill zebras to prove their case.
We have reached that…
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By Dr Christopher Johnson, Chief Executive Officer, Sollera For nearly fifty years, this region has known us as Rape and Abuse Crisis Center. We have answered late-night calls. Sat in hospital rooms. Walked with victim survivors…
By Michael M. Miller Francie M. Berg, native of Hettinger, N.D., edited an impressive book, “Ethnic Heritage in North Dakota,” published in 1983. She grew up on a ranch near Miles City, Montana. Her son, Richard Berg, is…
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 Sabrina Hornung As the school year comes to a close, a new crop of young people are starting a new chapter in their lives. As a former young person, I’d like to offer my unsolicited advice. As cliche as it may sound, be the…
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…
June 3-6, 11 a.m.-11 p.m.FARGODOME, 2800 N. University Dr., FargoDo we dare call RibFest the ultimate summer kickoff in Fargo? Well, we just did. Enjoy succulent ribs, pulled pork, brisket and so much more. Featuring top notch…
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By Greg Carlson The cinematic precocity of director Kane Parsons is quickly emerging as one of the year’s big moviemaking stories. The 20-year-old filmmaker’s “Backrooms,” an unsettling journey through the looking glass,…
By Sabrina Hornung The Plains Art Museum has been a trailblazing force in the North Dakota art scene since its inception and it’s not slowing down any time soon. In fact, this summer they are preparing to break ground on a major…
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…
By Jim Fuglie I was out for a walk on a fine Bismarck spring evening, strolling down 4th St. alongside the state capitol grounds, when I noticed some dirt work being done on the spot where the former governor’s residence had…
