Bob CollinsHow long would civil order last if there were actually a significant disaster in the U.S.? Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
The Sunday night dread is partly the fault of worker-bees, trying to get a head start on the week. Part of it is the dawn of ‘Internet time.’
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We might suggest that the Star Tribune commentary on student loan debt perfectly shows why courses on personal finance might not be a bad idea in high school.
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There are worse ways to start a week than a little high school sportsmanship. Check out what the Renville County West football team found when it traveled to rival Cleveland, Minn. Read more →
Kevin Garnett and Flip Saunders were joined at the hip in the NBA. This afternoon, KG posted this picture on his Facebook page with the caption “forever in my heart.” Update 7:11p Stephon Marbury’s tribute: My heart and all of my love goes out to Flip Saunders Family as your leader leaves this earth in Read more →
As long as radio survives, many Americans will get to enjoy a favorite pastime of media — critiquing voices coming out of their transistor.
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My grandfather — I didn’t really know all that well — was a horse man.
Well into his 70s, he was a harness racer on the small-town tracks that dotted upstate New York, living out of a truck for a good share of the year, as I recall. Read more →
Today’s must-read story comes from the Iron Range, where the Star Tribune this afternoon unveiled a wonderful story about the football team at Mesabi Range College.
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There’s big news on the history-of-beavers beat today. Read more →
Unlike Cecil the lion, shot by a Bloomington dentist in Zimbabwe last summer, causing an international uproar, Al the alpaca went pretty quietly. His death, however, deserves at least equal attention in Dassel, Minn. Read more →
The gift of a man’s best friend endures. Read more →
In Houston, student Coby Burren was taken aback by a caption in a chapter on immigration in his geography textbook recently. In a map of the United States it said the Atlantic slave trade brought “millions of workers from Africa to the southern United States to work on agricultural plantations.” Read more →
The mayor of Edina says taxes are going up in his community because people aren’t buying as much booze at the city’s liquor store. Read more →
It doesn’t cost that much to buy a pot of mums, so why are people stealing them from a grave in Hastings? Read more →
There’s little more tiring than the cliched ‘bet’ between politicians in cities involved in postseason play in sports.
But librarians? That’s an entirely different story. They understand the art of a rivalry.
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