Bob CollinsIt shouldn’t be that easy to hide a restored classic 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass, but at last report there’s still no sign of the car, which was supposed to be raffled off to help the Caledonia, Minn., fire chief.
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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for August 2015
A silly Washington Post ranking of counties gets the oh-so-serious Minnesota response. Read more →
It’s pretty unusual for a newspaper to write about people without identifying them, but that’s what the Star Tribune did today, profiling a group of women helping out people having a tough go at life. Read more →
On ABC’s ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live,’ renowned singer and songwriter Josh Groban releases his ‘highly anticipated’ album ‘Donald Trump Tweets.’ Read more →
It’s for old people, the Cranky Flier blog suggests today in wondering why it was news that Frontier Airlines is dropping its 800 number for reservations. Read more →
If you’re looking for some easy money, be a search firm.
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Of course we know that life isn’t fair, but sometimes its utter cruelty if tough to fathom.
Lenny Robinson was a guy from Maryland who made a few bucks when he sold his cleaning business years ago so he decided to do something good with some of the money. Read more →
The NCAA has reportedly told the University of North Dakota not to let fans of the former Fighting Sioux mess with the end of the National Anthem. Read more →
If you want to see a fine example of the shallow nature of political coverage, look no further than today’s New York Times Q&A with presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, in which a Times reporter tries to address gender issues by perpetuating the focus on a candidate’s appearance. Here’s the section: Do you think it’s fair Read more →
Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison is renewing the debate after vowing on Saturday to force his six- and eight-year-old sons to send back trophies they received for participating in school athletics. Read more →
Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch offers no names in his column today detailing just how common it is for female sportswriters to be sexually harassed by the men they cover.
Some of the players in incidents he details required the willful assistance of officials of the teams for which the athlete played. Read more →
The Monarchs, bison, milkweed, upland sandpipers, and meadowlarks in Blue Mounds State Park in Luverne, Minn., didn’t care that a 90-degree heat wave had hit the region today. On the prairie, it’s their time of year. Read more →
Ray and Ellie Williams, Navy veterans who married the day after V-J Day, kicked off the anniversary of the famous kiss, captured by photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt in Times Square on August 14, 1945. No, they weren’t the actual people photographed in the original, but they represented the “Greatest Generation” at today’s moment. Who the original Read more →
Woodbury has installed lightning detection systems to protect golfers and youth athletes and spectators. Read more →