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by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | May 13th, 2015
…When 1976 Olympic decathlon champion Bruce Jenner, a real hunk of a muscular man, came out 39 years later with the statement “for all intents and purposes, I am a woman” in a rather spectacular TV interview, he also emphasized the mysteries of the brain. Jenner admitted his brain is…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | February 11th, 2015
…Some years ago I wrote about a childless Texas ranch couple who wanted children back around the beginning of the 20th Century, but where they lived in ranch country there were very few children to adopt. One morning the rancher drove a team to the nearest town to pick up…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | January 21st, 2015
…The Cacophonous Cauldron Of Common CoreSome radicals think that Common Core, the education super-baby touted by billionaires, conservative politicians, wealthy foundations, Republican and Democratic governors, Chambers of Commerce, Fortune 500 business leaders, and educational leaders and teachers is now the result of a back alley rape of a poverty-stricken teenager…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | December 5th, 2014
…Is There A Difference Between Genital Mutilation And Mental Mutilation In The World Talibans Ruling Women?The Egyptian government estimates that 91% of Egyptian women between the ages of 15 and 49 have had their genitals operated on for physical, mental, and cultural reasons. Among young teenagers 15 to 17 the…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | October 29th, 2014
…Democracy For Sale: Going Once … Going Twice … Sold To The Billionaires!Since the Republican Supreme Court decided to dump parts of the Voters Rights laws passed almost 50 years ago, most states controlled by Republican legislatures and governors, including North Dakota, have attempted to pass hundreds of restrictive voting…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | October 16th, 2014
…When Do The Bricks Start Flying?The most dysfunctional part of government is Congress, put in that position by two 5-4 Supreme Court decisions about “free” expensive speech named Citizens United and McCutcheon. A reader sent me a copy of Stephen Pastis’s “comic” strip called “Pearls Before Swine.” The subject of…