Bob CollinsJaden Hayes, 6, told his aunt that he was sick and tired of seeing everyone so sad all the time.
Hayes couldn’t tell his parents that; both have them have died. So the kid knows a little something about sad.
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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for August 2015
From many indications, the militarization of local police isn’t slowing down much since the Ferguson, Mo., confrontations. And while the threat of terrorism is often stated as the reason, Mother Jones reports that a war on drugs is primarily responsible. Read more →
Writer Naomi Shulman had a moment of deja vu when the New York Times recently ran a story about women who don’t change their names when they get married. We’ve heard the debate before.
Then she noticed something was missing in the discussion on her Facebook page about the story: How come we never ask men the question? Read more →
Now someone is throwing cinder blocks from cars at bicyclists?
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Reading through the texts that recently “resigned” University of Minnesota athletics director Teague sent to a woman at a university event revealed that despite what he said when reading a statement last Friday morning, alcohol isn’t his main problem — character is.
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Judging by the consistently fawning coverage of Prince in the local media, it’s against some sort of law to point out that he can be rather a fool from time to time.
This is one of those times.
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We cannot let the week pass without a tip of the blogger hat to Fred de Sam Lazaro, who makes Minnesotans who watch PBS NewsHour a little more proud each time one of his reports airs.
He is marking 40 years since coming to America and runs the Under-told Stories unit under a funding deal with St. Mary’s in Winona. Read more →
That there’s at least a little expression of shame surrounding the University of Minnesota athletics department today can be described like this: ‘It’s a good start.’
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If science says Minnesota’s climate stinks, and we all trust science in matters of climate, why is this latest assessment of our fair state so utterly wrong? Read more →
A private company is trying to get exclusive air rights from the Twin Cities to Rochester to build an elevated route. That apparently isn’t going very well and the newspaper says the company might turn to other parts of the country.
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Lake Mille Lacs is an important economic engine for Minnesota, which is why some state officials are pushing for a bailout of resorters in the wake of the DNR’s decision to halt walleye fishing this week.
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There are a lot of things that make a community a living, breathing thing, the city planners will tell you. But I’m not aware of it ever happening without the Jerry Tildens of the world. Read more →
Ford was not seriously injured in the incident, although improperly installed seat belts contributed to his injuries Read more →
PRI’s ‘The World’ deserves a lot of credit for its innovative map to understand the impact of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima 70 years ago today.
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Data show Minneapolis-St. Paul isn’t much for news on the radio. Sports is another story, however.
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