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by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | February 15th, 2024
…gadfly@gmail.comMAGA Throwaways: helmets, reason, masks, regulations, seatbelts, and booksThere was a time when troops in trenches and foxholes moved from killing each other to recognizing the enemy was also a human being. Christmas morning during World War II in Europe was one time in between firing artillery pieces and machine…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | January 18th, 2024
…gadfly@gmail.comThere are signs 2024 is going to be a disastrous yearMy favorite philosopher William Shakespeare was said to recognize 20,000 flowers and often used their qualities to complete a scene, to add meaning to plot and dialogue, and to put another hat or cloak on a character. He understood that…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | December 27th, 2023
…gadfly@gmail.com Tevye: “Oh, Lord, You Made Many, Many Poor People. If I Were a Rich Man……… Whenever Corky and I get a chance to watch “Fiddler on the Roof” we make some popcorn. The short stories about Jewish life titled Tevye the Dairyman and His Daughters were written in Yiddish…
by Sabrina Hornung | Gadfly | December 9th, 2023
…gadfly@gmail.comThese Colors Can Produce Beautiful Flags or Ugly BruisesAs a football player playing guard in the middle of the line, I estimated at the end of eight years of high school and college that I had been hit approximately 14,000 times in 80 games alone, not counting scrimmages and practices.…
by Sabrina Hornung | Gadfly | December 9th, 2023
…gadfly@gmail.comThese Colors Can Produce Beautiful Flags or Ugly BruisesAs a football player playing guard in the middle of the line, I estimated at the end of eight years of high school and college that I had been hit approximately 14,000 times in 80 games alone, not counting scrimmages and practices.…
by Sabrina Hornung | Gadfly | December 2nd, 2023
…gadfly@gmail.comDonald Trump: A Social-Psycho-on-Path Reproducing MAGA ZombiesI have been asking members of the Make Amerika Great Again (MAGA) cult for years to identify days, weeks, months, years, decades and/or centuries when America was great, so I can know what the Orange Genius sitting to the far right of the Christian…
by Sabrina Hornung | Gadfly | November 25th, 2023
…gadfly@gmail.comHow Many of Napoleon’s Hats Will Save Planet Earth for Homo Sapiens?Before I get into this week’s subject of why we need to double the number of college majors in English and Humanities if we are going to save Planet Earth for our grandchildren, I must admit I have a…
by Sabrina Hornung | Gadfly | November 18th, 2023
…gadfly@gmail.comThe Purpose of a College Education: Do We Work to Live or Live to Work?Because of the increasing costs of college, the staggering $1.7 trillion of student debt owed by 45 million American students and parents ages 18 to 95, and the failure of states to support with taxes vocational,…
by Sabrina Hornung | Gadfly | November 11th, 2023
…gadfly@gmail.com“Trump Cabinet Member: ‘If a Document Has a Staple in It, Don’t Give It to Trump.’”Among the most fascinating papers in the world would be the transcripts of Donald Trump from the elite universities he attended. What courses did he take? What were his major studies? His speech is free…
by Sabrina Hornung | Gadfly | November 4th, 2023
…gadfly@gmail.comWell, Whaddaya Know! Barbarians Have the Same Life Expectancy!A barbarian is defined as one belonging to a people or tribe considered to be a primitive civilization filled with fierce, brutal, and cruel persons who are uncultured and insensitive. If there has been a century in the history of Homo sapiens…