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by Chuck Solly | Culture | March 21st, 2018
…I just bought a new Windows computer and now is the time to decide which software I am going to use. I generally don’t buy the real expensive software not because I can’t afford it but because I don’t need it. My needs for office-type software are fairly simple.If you…
by John Showalter | Culture | March 21st, 2018
…The environment is a hot topic nowadays. Nature and people’s interaction with it are at the forefront of political and social discussions. But for all our fixation on it, hardly has there been a point in history where humans have been so far removed from the natural world.This isn’t just…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | March 21st, 2018
…Why is our life expectancy dropping?We don’t grow bananas in this country but we are rapidly becoming a banana republic. Because of prescription and illegal drug deaths, a firearms death rate 25 times any other developed country, a high suicide rate, and a health care system for the privileged that…
by Särah Nour | Writer's Block | March 21st, 2018
…On Tuesday the 27th, local author and journalist Danielle Teigen will give a presentation at Fargo Public Library on her book, “Hidden History of Fargo,” published by The History Press last August. This will be free and open to the public, with copies of the book available for purchase.“Hidden History”…
by Sabrina Hornung | News | March 21st, 2018
…The High Plains Reader had the opportunity to interview Puddles of Puddles Pity Party. The clown is known for his golden singing voice but chooses to remain silent in his everyday life—but granted us an exclusive interview via email on his performance on America’s Got Talent, his experience…
by Charlie Barber | Last Word | March 21st, 2018
…“The thing to fear from the Trump presidency is not the bold overthrow of the Constitution, but the stealthy paralysis of governance; not the open defiance of law, but an accumulating subversion of norms; not the deployment of state power to intimidate dissidents, but the incitement of private violence to…
by HPR Contributor | News | March 21st, 2018
…By Meg Luther Lindholmmeglutherlindholm@gmail.comPatricia McCoy would say that her life journey has taken her to hell and back. She has survived experiences that would kill many, including drugs, five prison terms, and attempts by others to rob her of her life. She grew up in Chicago and Milwaukee, where life…
by Sabrina Hornung | Editorial | March 21st, 2018
…As we eke out our final hours in Austin, the quiet is almost stifling. It’s the combination of a collective citywide sigh of relief after the storm that was SXSW and the anxiety and uncertainty of the anonymous package bombings that have been rocking Austin for the past three weeks,…
by C.S. Hagen | News | March 21st, 2018
…ST. PAUL – When Laycie Jean Williams accepted a train ticket to the Twin Cities in May 2017, she thought she was going to protest another pipeline. She’d already spent time on the frontlines at Standing Rock. As a new mother and a strong Dakota woman from the Crow Creek…
by John Strand | News | March 20th, 2018