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As he plays his last series against his old team, David Ortiz pens a letter to Minnesota. Read more →
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Archives for July 2016
Long before we become old Minnesotans complaining about the cold in January and the heat in July, we’re kids who find the weather wondrous. Read more →
Let he who has not thrown the soccer ball into his own goal cast the first stone! Read more →
Charles Kinsey was in the street to retrieve an autistic man who’d wandered away from the center where he lives. Read more →
There seems to be plenty of irony to go around in the WNBA’s decision to fine players $500 and the three teams on which they play $5,000 for wearing unapproved team attire.
The league fined the New York, Indiana, and Phoenix teams for wearing shirts that, technically, didn’t say anything, but were a statement in the wake of police shootings and shootings of police. Read more →
The number of 7-12 year olds experiencing moderate to “serious psychological distress” -— symptoms of depression and anxiety — over the last month has jumped from 24 percent to 34 from 2013 to 2015. Read more →
NPR ombudsman Elizabeth Jensen says the radio audience hasn’t been ‘well served’ yet by the partnership between NPR and PBS during coverage of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Read more →
Among the most compelling stories in the tell-all books about presidential campaigns that inevitably follow an election is the behind-the-scenes story of how vice presidential candidates are selected.
This year, we don’t have to wait. The New York Times has the story this afternoon of how Donald Trump settled on Mike Pence of Indiana. Read more →
Thomas Fairbanks argued that he didn’t actually cause Dewey’s death. He claims the decision of Dewey’s family did. Read more →
House Speaker Paul Ryan created a typical day in the life of social media the other day when he posted this ‘selfie’ with interns on Capitol Hill. Read more →
It’s been a long time since the roll call of states at any national political convention has been anything but good theater. Read more →
Pro tip: When playing Pokemon Go, don’t drive your car into a police cruiser. Read more →
One person’s noise is another person’s music and that fact has the politicians and police in Northfield a bit stuck on how residents and bar/restaurants can get along. Read more →
It’s National Lollipop Day, a piece of trivia that nobody cares about except the occasional TV anchor, a blogger or two, and the lollipop industry that’s probably behind making it National Lollipop Day for some free media advertising.
Who’s responsible for this ongoing daily nonsense? Read more →
It took nearly four years, but the National Transportation Safety Board has now closed its investigation into how four people on the way home from a Packers-Vikings game ended up upside down in an airplane in Rochester. Read more →