Bob CollinsTerry Pratchett wants the option of taking his own life. But he’s not in favor of some others taking theirs.
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for August 2011
Taking risks in uncertain times, gaming the economy, a family goes to war, censoring kids’ stories, the things you can’t do in summer, and going home again.
Lessons from the Apostle Islands
Household perfection: Don’t try this at home
The predictable outcome of nothing to lose, Wisconsin speaks, PTSD and 9/11, the polar bear probe, and Ellen in Minneapolis
Hart Van Denburg
A Tumblr blog of crowd-sourced edited images that make looters look ridiculous has surfaced.
David CazaresCheck out these recent-ish headlines from the Intarwebz: “Email is dead: Check out these 8 innovating alternatives instead” (Business Insider) “Nine reasons e-mail is dead” (PCMag.com) “Is e-mail dead?” (Discovery News) “The end of the e-mail era” (Wall Street Journal) I’ve never bought the premise that email is on the way out. New research from Read more →
From Jeff Jones of APM’s Public Insight Network: There’s a sense this week that everything’s changing again with the economy, and it’s either time to make a big decision or put off that big decision. MPR’s Public Insight Network is hearing from people reacting to the stock market turmoil. Here’s an audio montage they produced Read more →
SkyNews’ Mark Stone challenged looters in London to explain why they were rioting and found that just about any behavior can be excused by making it about taxes.
Why men with breast cancer get the government’s cold shoulder, on the death of Elizabeth Mulay, bring back Washington’s birthday, the new financial picture, and Keillor at 69.
Finding examples of poor journalism is like shooting fish in a barrel today, what with the stock market meltdown and all.