Nate MinorThe word “sincere” and Stephen Colbert are not usually associated with one another, but there isn’t a better way to describe this clip. Lorna Colbert died last week. Stephen Colbert said this about her in a very good a New York Times profile last year: “She taught me to be grateful for my life regardless Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
By Nate Minor
In a satire piece on GlobalPost.com, Peter Gelling explores the language US journalists use when covering foreign countries. Human rights activists say revelations that the US regime has expanded its domestic surveillance program to private phone carriers is more evidence of the North American country’s pivot toward authoritarianism. The Guardian, a British newspaper, reported this Read more →
Payday Loans by Steve Rhodes, on Flickr They go by a variety of names, but payday loan shops usually have a common theme: Money is available for you, and it’s available now. Of course, it’s not as simple as that. Sure, you get your $500 or $1,000 to make that rent payment or emergency medical Read more →
The Royal Air Force museum in Britain is planning to raise a World War II-era airplane from the floor of the English Channel.
New research suggests that segregation — by both race and skill set — drags down economic growth of whole metropolitan areas.
Imidacloprid, the world’s most widely used insecticide, is decimating dragonflies, snails and other species not meant to be killed by the product.
The Duluth News Tribune’s Andrew Krueger got a not-so-gentle reminder from the spirits of the north woods that nature is always in charge.
John Brummer and his wife Jeanie still live on Riverview Circle in Moorhead, even though all their neighbors on the river side of the street have left.
A map stereotyping neighborhoods in Minneapolis was inspired by the work of Trent Gillaspie
Words carry more weight when you know the lengths gone through to say them, don’t you think?
Ontario, our friendly neighbor to the north, will soon phase out all of its coal-burning power plants.