Adam Mohammed Amer figured to be like a lot of five-year-old kids who are invited to visit the cockpit of an airliner, in this case Etihad Airways of Abu Dhabi.
You know how this goes: Give the kid a look, and watch him be amazed.
It didn’t turn out that way. The kid probably could’ve flown the plane. Read more →
Calm down, Wisconsin. Jordy Nelson and Randall Cobb are not on fire.
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At Boston University’s annual pumpkin drop, pumpkins land on a canvas, which is then hung on a wall in the physics departent as a testament to the scientific fact that not everything has to be about something. Read more →
You can do a lot worse than being a 91-year-old man in Erhard, Minn. (pop. 149), at least if your name is Windy Ferm. Read more →
Bara Raa Gregoire was throwing out some trash at the dumpster in Lutsen yesterday morning when she discovered two pretty happy bears. Read more →
We’ve always enjoyed watching our graphics design friends see things that we can’t; it’s what keeps them in business what with the freshness and newness of their messaging.
Does it make a difference? You decide. Read more →
If you can’t trust the Amazon delivery person inside your home, who can you trust, America? Read more →
Burger King isn’t the type of brand that tackles important issues — it’s a hamburger joint, afterall — but that’s what it’s done this week with an ad against bullying. Read more →
If the notion of talking with each other catches on, and if we move beyond the civil war mentality that’s paralyzing the nation, one might suggest that a journalist with a point of view is one reason why. Read more →
People are becoming more brazen when stealing Spam. An official blames a law that raised the level for a felony theft from $300 to $750. You can get a lot of spam for $749.99 and less. Read more →
Marc Faber, known as ‘Dr. Doom’ on CNBC and other financial media, where he too often is called upon to dispense his analysis, includes this line in his latest newsletter, Gloom, Doom, & Boom Report: ‘I am not a racist.’
Marc Faber is a racist. Read more →
A business official in Wisconsin says it’s time to change the state’s ‘America’s Dairyland’ slogan to something better. He thinks ‘Forward’ is better. Read more →
I suspect Rachel Martin’s old classmate will one day, too, come to this point of comfort, though it remains a tragedy of time that it takes us so long for the realization to come that we all fit in. Read more →
It will be some time, of course, before federal investigators release the cause of the plane crash near Ramsey last evening, in which a Cessna plunged into the Mississippi River. But the Star Tribune’s report from a witness provides a huge clue about why it happened. Read more →
Bob Collins