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by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | February 21st, 2018
…When will we learn to share wealth?Last week I wrote about how many predictions made by Aldous Huxley in his 1932 book “Brave New World” were beginning to come true in 2018.When I read the toll to travel on Interstate 66 in northern Virginia last Tuesday morning reached $47.25 during…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | February 14th, 2018
…Do we finally have ‘beauteous mankind in a brave new world?’British philosopher and writer Aldous Huxley used a line of Miranda’s speech in Shakespeare’s play “The Tempest” as the title for his book about the future published in 1932: “O wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | January 26th, 2018
…Helen Grace JamesAccording to modern scientific research, over 1500 animal and human species have different gender identities while evolving. We have presently identified at least 60. Facebook offers its clients the right to identify up to 50 different gender identities. Many countries in the world have approved same-sex marriage, military…
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…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | December 27th, 2017
…The homeless love those rich ZIP Code dumpsters full of goodiesThe Grand Old Party of Predators, Pedophiles, and Parsimonious Pricks (GOPPPP) has finally reached its Nirvana, the perfect place of peace and happiness, by passing a tax bill that will enrich their owners in Bel Air and rich ZIP Codes…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | December 20th, 2017
…What will it take to change our gun laws? Twenty first graders torn apart by 100 Bushmaster rounds couldn’t do it.Would 100 first graders torn apart by 500 bump stock rounds fired by an AR-15 do it? Would four senators and representatives from Congress torn apart by .45 caliber rounds…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | November 29th, 2017
…What happens when the eight richest men in the world possess wealth equal to the bottom half of the entire world population?There I was, in a pew at Cormorant Lutheran Church on Sunday morning, when I got the Christian view of acquiring wealth in a Christian country. A quote from…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | November 24th, 2017
…The blonde guy with the “Comb-back” Will Make Everybody RichPractically everyone in the United States knows the essentials of the Brothers Grimm fairytale “Rumplestiltskin” where the poor miller’s daughter with the beautiful, long blonde hair, with the help of a mysterious imp, spins straw into gold. Her father has told…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | November 15th, 2017
…The thoughts and prayers of politicians will finally be answeredWe have had 307 mass shootings (four kills or more) so far in 2017, including the last one in Sutherland Springs, Texas, where 26 mortals attending church, aged 18 months to 77 years, were blasted into Heaven and 20 were sent…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | November 8th, 2017
…We might be entering the worst of times: the wackification of AmericaI listened to a fascinating National Public Radio interview the other night of a second tier comedian who plays small casinos, nightclubs, and theaters around the country trying to make a living. He is totally frustrated by his present-day…