Bob Collins
If people are dying because passengers can’t part with their ‘stuff,’ maybe it’s time to prevent them from carrying it onboard. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for May 2019
If the Park Board can’t change the name, if the Hennepin County Board can’t change the name, if the DNR can’t change the name, and if the Minnesota Legislature can’t change the name, who can change the name? Read more →
The BBC reports that the study found that 99.75% of a person’s life satisfaction has nothing to do with their use of social media. Read more →
Here are the stories, topics, and guests you’ll hear on Tuesday on MPR News. Read more →
An announcement today really shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to public radio watchers but the descendant of the show that put St. Paul on the national map is heading for the bright lights permanently. Read more →
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Heartbreaking, doesn’t do justice to the story of a Minnesota family who were included in last night’s CBS’ 60 Minutes broadcast, which focused on a little known brand of dementia called frontotemporal dementia.
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To see an example of how humans hate the disruption of change, look no further than the comments attached the New York Times’ story on the new Morning Edition music for NPR. Read more →
Here are the stories, topics, and guests you’ll hear on Monday on MPR News. Read more →
Here are the stories, topics, and guests you’ll hear today on MPR News. Read more →
No NewsCut today. Day game at Target Field. Thursday May 2, 2019 (Subject to change as events dictate. This page is updated throughout the day.) 9 a.m. – MPR News with Kerri Miller On Tuesday afternoon, a jury of 10 men and two women found former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor guilty of third-degree murder Read more →
t the University of Maryland Medical Center, a woman received a kidney for transplant that was delivered by drone.
It was test, but it was a real kidney being used to bring it to a real patient who needed it, the New York Times reports. Read more →
The sports marketing world went briefly to DEFCON 1 on Tuesday after it was revealed that the NFL had applied for a trademark on the name Duluth Eskimos, the professional football team that played for a few years in the ’20s when the game was still developing. Read more →
The 100th anniversary of the birth of Pete Seeger is Friday. A remembrance is tentatively scheduled for today on All Things Considered, which reminded me of a distant NewsCut post on the subject. Read more →
Sometimes it takes bullying to recalibrate the arrogance of the majority and pull a civilized world out of the darkness of its ignorance. Read more →