Anyone who has lived in the Fargo-Moorhead area for any amount of time is probably well aware of our infatuation with all things Scandinavian, especially the Vikings. It only makes sense, with so much of the population around...
Read MoreDo you like puzzles? Perhaps at some time in the last year you have contemplated the puzzles included toward the end of every issue of the High Plains Reader. Or maybe you took part in last November’s trivia game show/podcast...
Read MoreA lot of people find art galleries intimidating for a number of reasons. Among the most common are either that they don’t ‘get it’ or that they feel a hostile attitude from the ‘snobs’. To be sure, there are a fair share of art...
Read MoreAmerican Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman famously quipped, “War is hell.” That also seems to be the thrust of the majority of wartime film and literature that has been passed down to us over history. The individuals...
Read MoreTo many, the word ‘slavery’ probably brings to mind the barbaric institutions of a past age, where people could be treated and traded like cattle. However, even though it is nominally illegal in every industrialized country it...
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