Unlike his funeral this week, there were no big stars in Boston yesterday to remember David Carr, the Minnesota native and New York Times media critic who died last week. There were only kids — students in Carr’s class at Boston University.
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Bringing back yesterday’s stars is a thing in Minnesota sports now and the Minnesota Timberwolves appear ready to get on board. Read more →
Let’s follow up on last month’s post asking when music in schools is going to get a little respect.
The answer in South Washington County, which sparked the post because it intended to cut music programs in elementary schools, is: tonite. Read more →
Based on a letter to the Pioneer Press today, I was expecting a lot worse on Saint Paul’s Wabasha bridge when checked out the American flags on it today.
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It doesn’t appear as though Wisconsin state troopers are going to get a raise. Read more →
For baseball fans, today is groundhog day. The day when pitchers and catchers see their shadows, signifying the beginning of spring. Read more →
You can’t take it with you when you die but you can keep making money after you’re gone if you’re a farmer.
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The chances are dwindling that the ice caves on Lake Superior will be available to you this year. Read more →
Even the mayor of Minneapolis acknowledged on Tom Weber’s program on Minnesota Public Radio yesterday that there’s no equitable distribution of the good life that The Atlantic so portrayed in its article. Read more →
Snubbed by other competitors and their enabling coaches and parents, the Faribault High School dance team got a little love from their own community yesterday.
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The Nature Soundmap provides long recordings of the natural world. Four of them are in Minnesota. Read more →
Joe Biden swore in the new secretary of defense today, then whispered sweet somethings into his wife’s ear. Read more →
It’s only a matter of time before some enterprising public radio station gives away ‘I Am Lakshmi Singh’ hats during a pledge drive.
Tote bags? So very yesterday. Read more →
Today’s release of the review of MNsure from the Office of the Legislative Auditor leaves a big question for MNsure’s board of directors: What were you thinking when you put such incompetence on the payroll? Read more →
The Minnesota Court of Appeals today upheld the authority of the Department of Natural Resources to regulate the size and number of fish taken from Lake Mille Lacs.
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Bob Collins