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​GOP optimism turning blue

by C.S. Hagen | News | January 17th, 2018

…FARGO – Republican optimism for enlisting Senate candidates is suffering blow after blow. Democrats have flipped eight Republican-controlled state legislative seats across the nation, from Roy Moore’s loss to former federal prosecutor Doug Jones in Alabama, to elections in Florida, and to Virginia. The GOP’s majority grip is slipping.The day…

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​Monitors and preserving your sight

by Chuck Solly | Culture | January 17th, 2018

…When I was a young boy of five I was lucky enough to have a black and white TV in our house. I had a lot of friends in those day because I let the whole neighborhood come over on Saturday morning to watch cartoons. I distinctly remember those days…

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​Warming up to the symphony at ‘Frostival Finale’

by John Showalter | Music | January 17th, 2018

…No one who has lived in Fargo for any length of time has to be told how bitterly cold it can get here during the winter. As much as we might complain about the cold temperatures, the biting winds, or the copious amounts of snow, we can’t really bring ourselves…

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Inaugural Trans Support Gala

by Faye Seidler | Culture | January 17th, 2018

…Tristate Transgender, a local trans support group, is putting on a Gala! What’s more, the proceeds of the gala will go towards directly supporting the trans community.The event will be taking place on Friday, February 9th from 7pm to 1am. It will be at the Courtyard by Marriott Moorhead, which…

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​Health care: Privilege of class or right of citizenship?

by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | January 17th, 2018

…Corky had a knee replaced in late December and she has been diligently doing the physical therapy connected with the rehab. Although the operation was done in Fargo, I imagine the procedure would have cost about the same if it had been done in Minnesota.I haven’t asked, but I do…

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​Of Beards and women: a Fargo fable

by HPR Contributor | Last Word | January 17th, 2018

…By Gary Olsonolsong@moravian.edu“Kissing a man without a beard is like eating an egg without salt.”— Dutch proverb, probably written by a man.“Kissing a man with a beard is like going on a picnic. You don’t mind going through the bush to get there.”— Minnie Pearl, probably channeling her inner manMy…

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​Local author to give presentation on North Dakota’s beer history

by Särah Nour | Writer's Block | January 17th, 2018

…Next Thursday, West Fargo author Alicia Underlee Nelson will give a presentation on North Dakota history at the Fargo Public Library; specifically, the history of our state’s beer industry, as detailed in her book, North Dakota Beer: A Heady History. Nelson’s book chronicles North Dakota’s journey toward becoming the nation’s…

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​Our opinion: The great 2018 lapdance debate

by Sabrina Hornung | Editorial | January 17th, 2018

…Last week I was asked to appear and speak on behalf of Matt Pausch, owner of the Oasis, before the Public Works and Safety Committee in Wahpeton. The Pausches are great people and I will never forget the time I spent at the Oasis. If I didn’t agree with what…

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​Documentary: the strange relationship of famous writer and motel voyeur

by Greg Carlson | Cinema | January 17th, 2018

…Now playing on Netflix Instant Watch, Voyeur is the curious story of strange bedfellows Gay Talese—the once influential and celebrated journalist—and Gerald Foos, a creepy peeper who spied on the guests at his hotel, chronicling their behavior, erotic and otherwise, in a quasi-scientific record book.Filmmakers Myles…

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​The Winter Olympics vs. A Nuclear Winter

by Charlie Barber | Last Word | January 17th, 2018

…Minotaur– An ancient Greek monster with the head of a bull and body of a man.  - Encyclopedia Britannica“Therefore, the tormented spirit that glared out of bodily eyes, when what seemed Ahab rushed from his room, was for the time but a vacated thing, a formless somnambulistic being, a ray of…

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