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by Sabrina Hornung | Cinema | October 2nd, 2022
…By Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.comWriting recently in The New Yorker, Julian Lucas shares commentary that places into context the ongoing controversies assailing Gina Prince-Bythewood’s historical action drama The Woman King.Set in West Africa during the years encompassing the grim slave trade, the film has a champion and star in Best Supporting Actress…
by Sabrina Hornung | Gadfly | October 1st, 2022
…By Ed Raymondfargogadfly@gmail.comA Rich Caveman Had Extra Skins While Today a Super Rich Man Has Two YachtsThe Wall Street Journal, Rupert Murdoch’s daily recipe for the rich and infamous, publishes a section called “Mansions” every Friday. In the September 16th edition, the section bragged shamelessly that a developer was asking…
by Sabrina Hornung | Cinema | September 25th, 2022
…By Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.comThe chatter surrounding director Olivia Wilde’s new movie “Don’t Worry Darling” reached fever pitch in the days leading up to this week’s wide release. Cynics began to wonder whether the gossip – including a purported on-set rift between the director and star Florence Pugh involving the tabloid-ready romance…
by Sabrina Hornung | Gadfly | September 25th, 2022
…By Ed Raymondfargogadfly@gmail.com From Mansion or Hovel, We All End Up DeadWe are now living in the Divided States of America, which has been developing for more than 240 years. Economist Frederic Bastiat has come up with the main reason for the division: “When plunder becomes a way of life…
by Sabrina Hornung | Wellness | September 22nd, 2022
…By John Showalter john.d.showalter@gmail.comThey sell fentanyl test strips and kits to harm-reduction organizations and the general public If there is one public health crisis that has been discussed more and more as time passes, it is the ongoing opioid epidemic. Fentanyl is now the leading cause of death in Americans…
by Sabrina Hornung | Cinema | September 19th, 2022
…By Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.comMaking her English-language feature debut, Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Smoczyńska fails to replicate the quality and originality of either of her previous two movies. Both “The Lure,” which received a warm home media welcome from the Criterion Collection, and “Fugue” attracted well-deserved attention for Smoczyńska’s storytelling instincts and bold…
by Sabrina Hornung | Gadfly | September 18th, 2022
…By Ed Raymondfargogadfly@gmail.com Double Jeopardy: Being a Member of the LBGTQ+ Community and College DebtIn the 16th Century, King Henry VIII told the Roman Catholic Church in England to go back to Rome after Pope Clement VII refused to give him an annulment or divorce from his first marriage to…
by Sabrina Hornung | Gadfly | September 17th, 2022
…By Ed Raymondfargogadfly@gmail.com Our Society is Facing Several Nuclear Options in These Critical TimesI always had my senior English students at Fargo Central High School read and discuss “The Strange Death of Louis Slotin,” because for the rest of our human history we were going to live or die with…
by Sabrina Hornung | Best Bets | September 14th, 2022
…Fargo City Hall, thru Sept. 30 Fargo City Hall, 225 4th St. N. A powerful mini-exhibition coupled with community engagement conversations about race are front and center in City Hall through the end of September. Sponsored by YWCA Cass Clay and the City of Fargo, the mini-exhibition located on the…
by Sabrina Hornung | Best Bets | September 14th, 2022
…September 29Fargo Brewing CompanyThe founder, lead singer, songwriter, and guitarist of the punk rock band Against Me!. Debut solo studio album, Stay Alive, 2020. One of the first highly visible rock musicians to come out publicly as transgender. Her description of gender dysphoria: “...a feeling of misalignment. Where the gender…