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Crazy like a fox

by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | August 16th, 2017

…Can we learn anything after we know it all?There’s a 100-page book written by a high school dropout that should be read by all high schoolers, college education students, teachers, and politicians. Michael J.Fox of movie and TV fame wrote his little manifesto, “A Funny Thing Happened On The Way…

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From feudalism To democracy, and back to feudalism

by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | August 2nd, 2017

…When have-it-alls and well-to-doers don’t want to share any of itThere’s a new novel out about the 19th Century Great Potato Famine, when Ireland lost one million of its population of eight million to starvation and disease, and two million to emigration to other countries, including many thousands to the…

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A world too much with us

by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | July 19th, 2017

…Three “great leaders” who might really screw up the worldIf you have had a chance to watch documentaries based on North Korean culture you had to notice that all citizens referred to 33-year-old Kim Jong Un as their “Great Leader” in interviews. His picture was always visible whether inside or…

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Of mice and men—and elephants

by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | July 12th, 2017

…What are the best laid plans for our future?Israeli historian Tuval Noah Harari recently made a fascinating declaration in an article about the future: “People living in the 12th century knew pretty well what the 13th century would be like. Now we are in the first part of the 21st…

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Just another day in Tombstone and Dodge, U.S.A.

by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | June 28th, 2017

…How many Americans shot themselves or others today?We won’t know for awhile how many Americans were KIA or WIA from firearms on June 14, when Republican Majority Whip Steve Scalise of the House was critically wounded by some of the 71 rounds fired by James Hodgkinson and the police.Actually it…

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Aggressive rats and monkeys

by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | June 14th, 2017

…Red blankets, thousand-dollar pills, and angry IrishIt makes for an interesting week when people, rats, monkeys, and the Irish wave the middle finger with wild abandon toward their erstwhile enemies. The Irish finally showed how fed up they are with the “state” Roman Catholic Church that treated pregnant girls horribly…

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Disaster capitalism

by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | June 7th, 2017

…How long does it take you to pay your Social Security taxes for the year?Jay Gould was one of the richest capitalists in the United States in the 19th century, bribing legislators, robbing, killing, and hiring a private army to fight labor union strikes over wages, hours, and working conditions.…

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Bulls, biblical BS, and blasphemy

by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | May 31st, 2017

…A good sign: the Spanish are finally giving up bullfightingSometimes it takes thousands of years to rid a society of a cultural icon. Bullfighting has been an integral part of Spanish society for almost a thousand years. Bullfighting was first mentioned in the Epic of Gilgamesh which covered prehistoric bull…

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To pee or not to pee—that’s a question??

by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | May 24th, 2017

…The rich live 20 years longer than the poorSeveral recent incidents in the airline industry are sending messages to the Ninety-Nine Percent around the world. If you can’t hold it, don’t book a flight. A male passenger was removed from a flight because he had to pee while the plane…

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How about freedom from religion?

by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | May 17th, 2017

…It’s time to end religious slavery, discrimination, racism, and sexual violenceReligions have authorized slavery for thousands of years. It still exists in many corners of the world and is outlawed in few countries. Religions have allowed men to marry several women at one time, which is now a crime called…

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