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Sweet Autumn Treat: Anderson Shares ‘Sugar’ and Three More on Netflix

by Sabrina Hornung | Cinema | October 1st, 2023

…By Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.comAs reactions and reviews of Wes Anderson’s return to the world of Roald Dahl attest, the quartet of short story adaptations undoubtedly would have been better experienced as a theatrical omnibus akin to “The French Dispatch” rather than the one-a-day releases selected for streaming by Netflix, where the…

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Cruelty and Human Nature

by Sabrina Hornung | Gadfly | September 29th, 2023

…By Ed Raymondfargogadfly@gmail.comIs Cruelty a Part of Nature—or Is It Just Part of Human Nature?Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman has been my economics guru for many years for his pithy columns in The New York Times. In his September 14 column he used a word that I believe he has…

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Small Town Spotlight: Why Not Minot?

by Sabrina Hornung | HPR Abroad | September 27th, 2023

…By Alicia Underlee Nelsonalicia@hpr1.comMinot’s unique vibe sets it apart. A steady stream of new faces at Minot State University and Minot Air Force Base keeps the community’s energy feeling younger and more diverse than many other North Dakota cities its size. A thriving art scene and strong contingent of locally…

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Castel’s ‘My Animal’ a Fresh Take on the Werewolf Movie

by Sabrina Hornung | Cinema | September 24th, 2023

…By Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.comFilmmaker Jacqueline Castel’s “My Animal” premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival in January, but its vibes are better suited to the rising blood moon of autumn’s spooky season. Now available on major streaming services following a brief theatrical run in select cinemas, Castel’s feature directorial debut is…

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The Challenges of Modern Journalism

by Sabrina Hornung | Last Word | September 23rd, 2023

…By Faye Seidlerfayeseidler@gmail.com On the first day of the month I ask people to thank a journalist they know or someone who contributes to papers in some meaningful way. When I grew up, my best friend’s father was a journalist and there were times in my life I wanted to…

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Biden and the Second Coming

by Sabrina Hornung | Gadfly | September 23rd, 2023

…By Ed Raymondfargogadfly@gmail.comEighty Million Eligible Voters Did Not Vote in the DSA in 2020. Why Not?In the first week of February, 2023, Deborah Daub, 59, shot and killed her husband James Daub, 62, Morgan Daub, their daughter, then killed her mother Deborah, and then killed herself. Pennsylvania township police said…

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High Plains Reader Fall Calendar

by Sabrina Hornung | Best Bets | September 22nd, 2023

…photo credit: Jessica GavinSeptemberOktoberfest: Now-October 3Wurst Bier HallStein-holding competition, happy hour Mon-Fri from 4-6, wear your dirndl or lederhosen, German music.https://wurstfargo.com/Papa’s Pumpkin PatchSeptember 21-October 21501 Fernwood dr, BismarckBismarck family favorite, hay bale mazes, a pumpkin cannon, buy 40 varieties of pumpkins and holiday decor.. https://papaspumpkinpatch.com/Acres of TerrorSeptember 21- October 28 108…

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Everybody’s Going to Be ‘Hot’

by Sabrina Hornung | Gadfly | September 22nd, 2023

…By Ed Raymondfargogadfly@gmail.comIf Homo Sapiens Do Nothing About Climate-Change, We Will Be Dead Saps SoonAnimals started to develop from plants 1.8 billion years ago, so that’s when our brains began to develop. The world’s politicians are currently experiencing climate change on every continent but haven’t come up with answers to…

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Schrader Concludes His ‘Man in a Room’ Trilogy with ‘Master Gardener’

by Sabrina Hornung | Cinema | September 21st, 2023

…By Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.comMany films have used the unsettling revelation of tattoos as a device to startle the viewer with a visual roadmap to a deeper understanding of character. The “love” and “hate” lettering across the knuckles of Robert Mitchum’s Reverend Harry Powell in “The Night of the Hunter,” in the…

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Why Was North Dakota the ‘COVID Death Capital of the World?’

by Sabrina Hornung | News | September 20th, 2023

…By Laura Simmonslaurasimmons2025@u.northwestern.edu Dr. Stephen McDonough researched why North Dakota had the highest COVID death rate and cases in the fall of 2020. His investigation accumulated into a 1,000-plus page book titled “The Power of a Question: Why North Dakota Developed the Greatest COVID Outbreak in the World and How…

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