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by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | May 16th, 2021
…by Ed Raymondfargogadfly@gmail.comWhat Hath Trump Wrought?Dan Rather at 89 has been directly involved with the history of the United—now Divided—United States of America for one-third of its life. He spoke truth to power at all levels of government. He asked penetrating questions to dog catchers and…
by Sabrina Hornung | Cinema | May 10th, 2021
…By Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.com07 May 2021Hard to say whether non-cinephiles will be interested enough to watch a feature-length documentary about a movie critic, but Rob Garver’s “What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael” is a worthwhile biography of a fascinating life led with purpose and conviction. Of course, the film-obsessed…
by Sabrina Hornung | Gadfly | May 10th, 2021
…By Ed Raymondfargogadfly@gmai.comWhat Are Our Biophysical and Religious Limits?Scientists are studying the effects of the world’s ever-expanding economic growth, increases in population, consumption of our natural resources, and our limited ability to decrease or store our waste. To describe the studies they use the inclusive term “collapseology.” A report from…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | May 3rd, 2021
…By Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.com29 April 2021As tantalizing subject matter goes, the topic of Marilyn Agrelo’s “Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street” is as much a slam dunk as Morgan Neville’s “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” Even though the 107-minute documentary sticks mainly to the contents of Michael Davis’s excellent…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | May 3rd, 2021
…By Ed Raymondfargogadfly@gmail.com30 April 2021 Oliver, David, and Madame Defarge Knew About Economic InequalityCharles Dickens wrote about real history, not fake, in his novels. In Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Bleak House, A Christmas Carol, A Tale of Two Cities and ten others,he wrote about debtor’s prisons, workhouses for the young,…
by Sabrina Hornung | Gadfly | April 25th, 2021
…By Ed Raymond fargogadfly@gmail.com 24 April 2021The Longest Civil War in History: Yankees vs. Planters The American Civil War actually started in 1619 when 20 slaves were brought to the shores of New England. By 1860 there were four million slaving in our economy. Our first eight presidents were slave…
by Sabrina Hornung | Cinema | April 25th, 2021
…Fantasy and Reality in Ben Hozie’s ‘PVT Chat’By Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.com23 April 2021Talented hyphenate Ben Hozie breaks through with “PVT Chat,” an audacious and exciting low-budget, NYC indie sure to generate equal measures of interest and controversy for its onscreen depictions of graphic masturbation. Hozie, the guitarist and vocalist of Bodega,…
by Sabrina Hornung | Writer's Block | April 22nd, 2021
…By Michael M. Millermichael.miller@ndsu.edu; or go to library.ndsu.edu/grhc. 18 March 2021Florence Dockter Scherbenske has authored a new book, “My Impossible Dream: You Can Do It Too, Germans from Russia Immigrant Grandparents Ethnic Lifestyle.” Florence grew up on a farm near Venturia, McIntosh County, south central North Dakota. She vividly shares…
by John Showalter | Music | April 22nd, 2021
…By John Showalter john.d.showalter@gmail.com18 March 2021Many of the talented musicians in the Fargo-Moorhead area are natives of the area. Others, like Tim Gibson, may not have been residents of the area their whole lives, but are certainly ambitious enough to make up for lost time. In the six years he…
by Sabrina Hornung | Writer's Block | April 22nd, 2021
…18 March 2021Spring is almost here, and we might even be venturing outdoors to experience the warmth of the sun. After 2020, which feels like it will never end, 2019 seems like a whole other world, but it is thought of by some as “the year of Greta Thunberg.” After…