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by Jack Dura | Culture | January 28th, 2015
…Gadfly column 2.3 percent of all stories were hard news59.16 percent of all stories were arts and entertainment-related (visual art, theater, food and drink, film, music, etc.) Film has been the most covered subject in the High Plains Reader, comprising 14.93 percent of stories. This may be due in part…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | June 20th, 2018
…Ireland Has Sent Pope Francis and The Vatican A Dear John Letter: “It’s Over!”The Irish people and the Vatican have been developing a huge cultural grand canyon for decades over the issues of gender identities, contraceptives, abortion, same sex marriage, and the roles of women in the church. In an…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | April 25th, 2018
…Maybe We Should Quote “The Raven” MoreThe January National Geographic magazine has a remarkable article about the 10,000 species of birds that live around and above us, and it prompted me to recall some of the species I have observed in my lifetime. As a five-year-old farm boy and the…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | April 11th, 2018
…Don’t We Give A Damn About Education Anymore?The Donald has been going on a tweet-firing rampage lately, evidently changing his status from king to emperor. Some kings must have approval from their courts and courtiers, but emperors have absolute rule over everybody. So here we have our Emperor-Great Leader, one…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | April 4th, 2018
…The NRA Gun Lobby And Republicans Pick Guns Over KidsAfter the record-setting “March For Our Lives” protest on March 24, the $5 million-a-year National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre stayed in his bunker and remained tight-lipped, but his trolls dropped their AR-15s, climbed out of their militia foxholes, and put…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | March 14th, 2018
…Bones exploding, organs disintegratingLet’s get real for a few minutes. Several trauma surgeons, most with Iraq and Afghanistan war experiences, collaborated for a New York Times article, “Wounds from Military-Style Rifles? ‘A Ghastly Thing To See’.”Rifles with muzzle velocities over 3,000 feet per second explode bones and disintegrate organs. They…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | June 24th, 2025
…gadfly@gmail.comWe need Paul Revere on a Harley: “ants and autocrats are coming!”The Asian needle ant has been nesting in the American South since at least 1932. It probably hitched a ride on a freighter from a tropical Asian country delivering some exotic lumber used in furniture. This ant loves warm…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | June 19th, 2025
…gadfly@gmail.comWhy did Trump run for the White House? That’s where the money is!Remember the story about the robber who, when asked why he robbed banks, responded: “That’s where the money is!?” Well, now we have the story of the 45th president of the United States who, when running for another term…
by Sabrina Hornung | Gadfly | June 9th, 2025
…gadfly@gmail.comThe Fiddler on the roof was taking a big chance after two thousand years of hate Cal Thomas, who seems to hate a lot in a journalistic and broadcasting career where he expresses his conservative views, wrote in a column that “you have to be taught to hate.” He has…
by Sabrina Hornung | Gadfly | June 9th, 2025
…gadfly@gmail.comOur brave new world is now composed of Oceania, Eurasia, and EastasiaSomebody in the Trump administration has read and liked the results in George Orwell’s “1984.” I suspect one is Stephen Miller, the Trump “policy advisor” who has a black cloud over his head and is always at the ultra-right…