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by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | June 27th, 2021
…gadfly@gmail.com01 July 2021 HecKKK, There’s No Racism in the Divided States of AmeriKa!Although I lived on Highway 27, four miles east of Little Falls, for my first 18 years, I didn’t learn until I was 89 that HW 27 actually was constructed on top of an Indian trail that had…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | June 20th, 2021
…gadfly@gmail.com24 June 2021 When Will Money Talk for the Very Last Time?I have never been a country music fan, but I have been a country “poet” fan for decades. As a vocalist, I have sung solos, in duets, trios, in male and mixed quartets, in madrigals, and in church, high…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | June 13th, 2021
…gadfly@gmail.com17 June 2021 Why Cooks Are Yelling “Flip Your Own Damn Burgers!”A June 3 headline in The Wall Street Journal caught my eye because it raved: “U.S. Economy’s Rebound is Without Historical Parallel.” I was shocked because I remembered a news story in The Guardian a few months ago that…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | June 7th, 2021
…gadfly@gmail.com10 June 2021When Lampreys and Humans Ate Each OtherSome of my musical favorites are on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s CD containing Phantom of the Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, and Cats. He loves to rehabilitate old stuff. He just bought the oldest continuously running theater in London, the Royal Drury Lane…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | May 31st, 2021
…gadfly@gmail.com 03 June 2021Eternal Fact: Homo Sapiens Can’t Stop Having Sex or AbortionsBible thumpers proclaim God commanded us to “Be fruitful and multiply!” Homo sapiens have done a good job for about 300,000 years, particularly after migrating out of Africa 60,000 years ago. Population statisticians estimate about 100 billion Homo…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | May 24th, 2021
…gadfly@gmail.com27 May 2021The Pillow Guy Thinks Trump Could Be Back in the Oval Office by AugustAfter listening to Republican representatives at a Congressional hearing insist there was no insurrection at the capitol on January 6, 2021, I believe The Divided States of America is on hospice and will require heavenly…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | May 16th, 2021
…gadfly@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 presidents alike.…
by Sabrina Hornung | Gadfly | May 10th, 2021
…gadfly@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 Future Earth…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | May 3rd, 2021
…gadfly@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, poor houses…
by Sabrina Hornung | Gadfly | April 25th, 2021
…gadfly@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 owners and many…