Bob Collins
On most Election Days, women who pick up their ‘I voted’ sticker, head for a cemetery to remember why they could. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for April 2016
The woman posted the ad on Craigslit putting the truck up for sale to teach a lesson to her still-too-young-to-drive daughter.
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The announcement reflects a greater love that history has for Alexander Hamilton, who was going to be replaced on the $10 bill until a resurgence of interest in him, spurred by a Broadway show, added pressure on Lew to keep him in his present location. Read more →
Malcolm Mabry really loves Kenyon, Minn. The Kenyon Leader newspaper says he donates money to the after-prom fund, the VFW, the Lions Club, Lutheran Churches, and helped fund a cheerleaders trip to Florida. Why is this unusual? Malcolm Mabry has never been to Kenyon. Read more →
It should be a thrilling moment next week when a kid from North Dakota who didn’t play football at one of the big-shot,rule-breaking, big money college programs becomes the first pick in the NFL draft.
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Afton officials have done something that a lot of politicians have failed at in the nation recently: It set a welcoming tone for Muslims.
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In a year in which a large number of Democrats are enchanted with one of the oldest presidential candidates it has ever had, the issue of age and fitness is apparently limited to one race for the Minnesota House of Representatives.
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The lowlight of last Friday’s MinnRoast has already been documented here (and nowhere else, for some odd reason), but sponsoring MinnPost has released the highlight of its fundraisers: A skit featuring the sons of Gov. Mark Dayton — they own the Bachelor Farmer restaurant in St. Paul — trying to help the old-timer break into the restaurant business. Read more →
How could it be that a plane is no longer registered? Easy. Stop at any big or small airport, and there’s a fair chance you’ll find people who don’t know they have to renew their plane’s registration, because up until a few years ago, they didn’t have to.
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People are attaching love notes to a Cottonwood tree, that’s stood sentry by the side of Minnesota Highway 7/U.S. Highway 59 longer than almost every Minnesotan has lived. But it will not live much longer, apparently.
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Of the many fine baseball moves that Twins general manager Terry Ryan has made over the years, none may exceed washing the team’s hands of its affiliation with the New Britain Rock Cats minor league team at the end of the 2014 season. Read more →
We loved the summer temperatures over the last few days as much as the next person, but there was still a feeling that it wasn’t right. It’s not summer in Minnesota; it’s spring… a predictable, slow-moving, tantalizing progression to summer glory.
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Worthington High School football coach Brad Grimmius is the latest youth sports coach who’s had it with parents. Read more →
Three days before it was set to perform in Raleigh, N.C.., Pearl Jam has become the latest musical act to cancel a show in the state because of a new state law whose aim was to wipe out attempts in Charlotte to provide anti-discrimination protections to LGBT people. Read more →
Every year on Patriots Day, they run the Boston Marathon. And every year at this time, the individual winners are almost a footnote to the traditions of running.
This year was no exception, particular the long tradition of stopping to ‘visit’ with the young women of Wellesley College.
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