Bob Collins
Paul Tosto applauded, supported, defended, and created a fair amount of the material that found its way onto these pages, and he did so without getting or needing attention. At least until today. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Arts & Culture
We live in a golden age of storytelling that seems to have a uniquely Minnesota pedigree. Read more →
The Children’s Theatre Company, which prevailed in a lawsuit over the abuse of child actors, has lost the public relations war.
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Duluth’s competition for a new city flag is turning nasty.
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Many of been on the trail of the people who mysteriously send postcards. None has solved it. Read more →
The ironworkers on the Block 9 construction project in Fargo inspired a construction company supervisor to recreate history. Read more →
Who’s going to believe a bunch of children of color that they ran into racism while visiting one of the nation’s great museums? Read more →
The Green Bay Packers quarterback confirmed he was in the final episodes somewhere, but he wouldn’t say in what role. Read more →
Grumpy Cat is dead at 7. A confirmation that being happy leads to a longer life. Or maybe not. Read more →
Some cultural institutions still have a conscience, or at least a heightened appreciation for public relations.
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At London’s Royal Albert Hall on Monday night, Eric Clapton did something he’s never done before: he covered a Prince song. Read more →
The full promise of the internet remains relatively elusive and a decision by the producers of the public radio talk show — 1A — are the latest to prove it. Read more →
Somehow, the nation has made it through a workweek without the old NPR Morning Edition theme. Americans are nothing if not resilient in the face of unimaginable adversity. Read more →
The heavens above, in this case the Milky Way. So natural. So mysterious. So beautiful. So incredibly fake. 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 →