Bob Collins
Allyn Pierce is just the kind of hero America has been looking for. It’s a shame that it took the California wildfire to shine a light on and the hundreds of others being created daily in the horrific disaster that’s still unfolding. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for November 2018
Upon further review, Joe Gow, the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse chancellor, has determined it wasn’t a good idea for him to invite a porn star to come to campus to speak. But he blames the media. Read more →
Nate Liedl, of Chippewa Falls, Wis., would’ve liked to have had more than the 8 hours a week a family court had given him to spend with his six-month-old son, Jaxon Hunter, the infant who was killed, apparently by a 10-year-old girl at the infant’s day care.
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If ever there was a lab rat to experiment with bad government, the final days of a Minnesota legislative session is it. In the rush to get the things done that they should’ve gotten done in the many months they were given, lawmakers often pass bill they haven’t read and have no idea what their impact will be. Sometimes they do and pass them anyway. Read more →
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It’s cold as all get-out, there’s snow on the ground in Minnesota, it’s only November 12th and nobody is acting like this about it.
Maybe that’s on us. Read more →
Here’s your daily dose of sweetness: Brenda Buurstra, a nurse in Kalamazoo, Mich., says she sings to patients all the time; it’s just that the video that someone took of her the other day is the first time she “got caught.” Roberta Lytle — that’s her dad in the bed — is the one who Read more →
But can we just pause for just a moment to observe the legend of Ron Gardenhire, who showed up for today’s news conference, on Veteran’s Day, with a North St. Paul American Legion hat? Read more →
This picture will always be one of the most memorable news photographs of the ’80s. Read more →
Comedian Pete Davidson of Saturday Night Live apologized for his stupid jokes just before election day when he criticized former Navy SEAL Dan Crenshaw for his eye patch.
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Gasoline prices at the pump have fallen about 15 cents a gallon in the last month, far less than the price of oil to the refineries, the Star Tribune says. They’re pocketing the savings. Read more →
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You can’t mess with perfection and for baseball fans, the gift of the sport are the rare moments of perfection. Read more →
Winter just got colder and duller for the St. Croix Valley.
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Garrison Keillor has gotten some people stirred up again, thanks to his assessment of the election of 2018 and, specifically, the election of the first Somali-American from Minnesota to Congress. Read more →