Gadfly: The Pea In This Shell Game Is Real Tacky

Fri. Dec. 2nd, 2011  |  Ed Raymond

City of Fargo employees would be wise to save these tips about three companies in which to invest their 401K funds if the City Commission decides to privatize their retirement system from pensions to 401Ks as proposed by Commissioner David Piepkorn.

Gadfly: The Eel, The Van, And The Skulls Of Twenty Cows

Fri. Dec. 2nd, 2011  |  Ed Raymond

As one gets older you discover the world is always filled with surprises, sometimes when we least expect them. A man in San Jose, California bought a used minivan for $14,000 at a car lot. After driving it around the city, he discovered ...

The Reapperance of One Peter Edward Rose

Fri. Dec. 2nd, 2011  |  Marc Elliott

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NUFA creates Super Dooper Committee to solve deficit

Fri. Dec. 2nd, 2011  |  Forrest Johnson

Doomed from the very beginning, the legislative “super committee” failed to craft a measure that would have begun to nibble away at the nation’s looming deficit. As the old saying goes, however, within every dark cloud is a silver lining.

Old Dishes

Fri. Dec. 2nd, 2011  |  Harry Drabik

Over Thanksgiving while looking for a serving bowl I found a stray cup, the sort of thing most would rightly discard. Even in a second hand store how much value is found in one old cup?

It’s my mom’s 97th birthday

Fri. Dec. 2nd, 2011

When I was a young boy, my mom caught me drawing a picture of He-Man’s Castle Grayskull on the inner linings of the family couch. She pulled me aside, put her arm around me and lovingly whispered ...

Toby Thomas Churchill: Death

Fri. Dec. 9th, 2011

A few months ago Toby Thomas Churchill released his first solo album and exposed his musical soul through an array of catchy tunes.

Liam Gallagher and his band Beady Eye rock First Ave

Fri. Dec. 9th, 2011

Liam Gallagher of Oasis brought his newest band Beady Eye to Minnesota on Monday and rocked First Avenue.

Gadfly: Crowfoot and Abortion

Fri. Dec. 9th, 2011  |  Ed Raymond

We have reached the point where our species creates as much intellectual, scientific, and technical information in two days as we created from the first cave paintings 30,000 years ago to the year 2003.

The employees lose their jobs when the smoke clears

Fri. Dec. 9th, 2011  |  Forrest Johnson

Are you a parent? Are you a parent company? Would someone please tell me the difference between the two? What is a subsidiary? Would that be akin to a brother, a sister, a cousin?