Bob CollinsIt’s all over but the last moment of Zen for fans of Jon Stewart, who hosts his last Daily Show tonight.
Even Arby’s, constantly lampooned by Stewart, claims to be sorry to see him go. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for August 2015
Faribault mirrors the nation’s economy. Things look better than they were, but everyone’s worried about what’s ahead.
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The MnDOT Highway Helpers find a lot of junk on our roadways, but Mike Howe has been doing this long enough to know a wedding dress thrown or dropped on a highway must have a story to it. Read more →
That band of young people who rolled through Minnesota a few weeks ago, stopping along the way on their cross-country trip from Baltimore to help people fighting cancer?
They made it to the Pacific Ocean today. Read more →
Olga Franco is in prison now, but a case decided at the Minnesota Supreme Court today reveals that some survivors of the crash are still paying a price. Read more →
It’s going to cost high schools that send athletes to state tournaments in Minnesota now.
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This is even a bigger week than normal in Sturgis, where the annual motorcycle rally is underway. It’s the 75th anniversary of the first event in the South Dakota city. Read more →
Netflix’s new policy on maternity and paternity leave should be an interesting exercise. If you give people the job of deciding how much leave they should take, will they take more than they are taking now? Read more →
This day is just slow enough that it might make the nightly news. Read more →
The action came despite a plea from former Notre Dame basketball coach ‘Digger’ Phelps, who showed up at a meeting this week to reinforce what he wrote in an op-ed last week. Read more →
Frankly, we haven’t been getting much material from the ‘Department of People Are Pretty Great’ lately, but it made up for it today with this nugget. Read more →
More people are pushing back against the notion that grass must be green and well manicured. Read more →
Is it time to dial back the high school sports worship a bit? Read more →
You can count us among the big fans of signs going up around St. Paul honoring members of the city’s fire department who died in the line of duty.
The signs mark the location where a firefighter died. Read more →
Maybe it’s about time women get a little respect around the office thermostat. Read more →