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How “Rugged” is Rugged Individualism in Hard Times?

by Charlie Barber | Last Word | April 30th, 2020

…History and Liberty: “On the one hand is the politics of inevitability, the sense that history could move in only one direction: toward liberal democracy – a self-induced intellectual coma…On the other hand there is the politics of eternity – a longing for past moments that never really happened during…

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Judgment at Washington

by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | April 26th, 2020

…Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds: “Because We Know Who You Are….In 1944 as a prisoner of war in a German labor camp M/Sgt Edmonds was the leader of the American prisoners. One morning at roll call the German commander demanded that all the Jews in the formation step forward. Edmonds said:…

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Foreign Objects: “Swallow” a Convincing Debut for Mirabella-Davis

by Greg Carlson | Cinema | April 26th, 2020

…Carlo Mirabella-Davis’s noteworthy feature debut as writer-director examines, with a degree of precision and deliberateness that would impress Alfred Hitchcock, the actions of a young woman who consumes inedible objects as a way to attain some measure of control in her suffocating marriage to a wealthy man. The disorder, identified…

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An open letter to Governor Burgum

by Sabrina Hornung | Editorial | April 21st, 2020

…Governor Burgum, Approximately five weeks ago I was laid off from my job at a weekly paper and I just got my first unemployment debit card. I now make half of what I would make at the paper and I’m still responsible for paying 100% of my rent and 100%…

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Another Pandemic: Republican Voter Suppression

by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | April 19th, 2020

…Hey! Hey! Hey! Supremes! How Many Badgers Did You Kill Today?We are in the middle of a deadly COVID-19 pandemic that may last years, but we have been attacked for 244 years by another pandemic which started in Philadelphia when 56 white guys signed a proclamation that “all men are…

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The Mirrored Image Virus, and Its Cure

by Charlie Barber | Last Word | April 18th, 2020

…#16 of On Tyranny: “Learn from peers in other countries. – Keep up your friendships abroad, or make new friends in other countries. The present difficulties in the United States are an element of a larger trend. And no country is going to find a solution by itself. Make sure…

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Crip Camp (2020)

by Greg Carlson | Cinema | April 17th, 2020

…Future Activists Meet at Newnham and LeBrecht’s “Crip Camp” Sundance 2020 opening night selection and audience award winner “Crip Camp”—now streaming on Netflix—recounts the incredible grassroots movement that ultimately led to the passage and implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which was signed into law…

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Collecting Movies with Mike Scholtz

by Greg Carlson | Cinema | April 14th, 2020

…My friend Mike Scholtz, the director of “Riplist” and many other fantastic documentaries, collects movies when he’s not making them. He especially likes VHS and once rescued the children of Pine City, Minnesota by purchasing tapes of “Fritz the Cat” and “Flesh Gordon” that had been shelved in the local…

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There’s No Place Like Home (Alone)!

by Charlie Barber | Last Word | April 5th, 2020

…#12 of On Tyranny: Make eye contact and small talk- “This is not just polite. It is part of being a citizen and a responsible member of society. It is also a way to stay in touch with your surroundings, break down social barriers, and understand whom you should and…

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Will April Be Cruel?

by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | April 5th, 2020

…The 14th Century Black Plague Started Something Beyond Thoughts And PrayersI see Donald the Lyin’ King has decided that Easter will not be a good time to fill churches—but maybe April 30 will be. King Donald had talked so much about the virus and April he reminded me of the…

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