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by Chuck Solly | Culture | September 27th, 2017
…That hammer can really do a lot of damage to your thumb. Please be careful if you are doing some DIY carpentry. The hammer can also do a lot of damage if you hit your thumb drive with it. Your hammer should not be anywhere near your thumb drive. Now…
by John Showalter | Culture | September 27th, 2017
…Extraordinary circumstances often tend to bring people together. When faced with overwhelming odds, people look past their superficial differences and join together for a common good. Those sentiments can extend beyond just our fellow human beings to our four-legged friends as well, as Caring Hearts Rescue of Perham, Minnesota and…
by Faye Seidler | Culture | September 27th, 2017
…North Dakota State University’s Family Therapy Center (FTC) was recently closed due to a variety of factors, ranging from budget cuts to restructuring. It will be closed for the duration of this school year. This was a place that offered therapy on a sliding fee scale for everyone in our…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | September 27th, 2017
…A mixture of despair, extortion, life-saving treatments, and inequalityFifty-four-year-old Antony Marino of Wise, Virginia keeps a pair of needle-nosed pliers handy so he can pull out a rotting tooth that’s bothering him. He has never been to a dentist. Forty-nine-year-old Joyce Bays tenderizes the meat she eats with a hammer,…
by James Osborne | Music | September 27th, 2017
…In 2010, local hero Andrea Anderson and I went to the House of Blues in L.A. with a couple of friends. We were told we were seeing a “joke metal band.” My most vivid memory of that night was being enraged at PBR being $10 per can; second to that…
by Särah Nour | Writer's Block | September 27th, 2017
…Last week in the back room of Zandbroz Variety, local author Dan Hendrickson read from and signed copies of his latest book, Dark Glasses, a collection of short, absurdist, darkly comedic poems.Prior to reading, Hendrickson gave his audience a preview of his self-deprecating sense of humor. Of his poems, he…
by Chris Larson | Beer Snob | September 27th, 2017
…Daou Vineyards: First appearance in North DakotaAs our days get shorter and the evenings longer, thoughts of fall and the upcoming holiday season are not far behind; and of course, for many, that means wine season and entertaining indoors. It also means that one of the best wine events of…
by Christopher P. Jacobs | Cinema | September 27th, 2017
…Artificial Intelligence, robotic workers, unmanned space travel, fatherless children, and Korean conflicts are all recent hot news topics. In September of 1954 all of these were major themes of a low-budget sci-fi thriller targeted at children but with enough plotting and subtext to keep adults interested (perhaps more so today…
by C.S. Hagen | News | September 27th, 2017
…Refugees cost taxpayers money, but the buck doesn’t stop thereFARGO – All fingers point to refugees being cost positive for cities, states, and the nation, and yet pressure from the Trump Administration on local city leaders to curb the influx of “huddled masses” persists.In Washington D.C., Trump Administration officials are…
by Sabrina Hornung | Editorial | September 27th, 2017
…Our opinion: To the president and NFL owners: put up or shut upAccording to Merriam Webster the definition of anger is as follows:1. a strong feeling of displeasure and usually of antagonism (see antagonism 1b) You could hear the anger in his voice.She found it hard to control her anger:rage…