Bob CollinsThe worst of the flu is over, gun control at the Capitol, the hostage drama underground in Alabama, Apple blocks Java, the pistachio fight in Woodbury, and how Facebook saved the gay dog.
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for January 2013
Return of the bird ballet
1,000 words: The cellist
The end of the Andrews Sisters, the cold hard facts of being cold in Minnesota, goodbye to Saint Paul’s ‘popover palace,’ another stab at ‘stand your ground’ laws, and why do we think we’re different?
The annual Saint Paul Winter Carnival Medallion Hunt is over. The medallion, a Saint Paul Pioneer Press promotion, comes with something extra this year: commentary on the state of the health care system.
If, as I wrote on Monday, the warmer-than-normal temperatures don’t allow the ice to thicken on Lake Superior between Bayfield and Madeline Island this year, this baby won’t be putting in an appearance. It’s the windsled that replaces ferry service in the area in the winter. It hasn’t been used since 2011.
From the minds of marketers, we’re not afraid of winter, when government works, guns for hockey, and coming out with cake.
Nate Minor
Timbuktu exists in our minds as a mythical far-off place. It exists in reality too, on the edge of the Sahara, though it’s gone through hell recently.