Bob Collins
Bobbleheads have been a “thing” for a couple of decades now with little sign that their popularity is ebbing, but we are still waiting for the first bobblehead that actually looks like the person it intends to portray. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for August 2016
Writer Yasin Mohamud pens an all too familiar tale in the Star Tribune’s 10,000 Takes series about the time he was stopped by the cops in Edina because he fit the description of those involved with ‘keying’ cars at the Macaroni Grill. He was 16 at the time, he writes today. Read more →
Subscribe to a newspaper if you want to save the business of journalism.
No matter what you may think, the internet isn’t going to do it.
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Your long nightmare is almost over, St. Cloud. It appears that you’ll be able to drink at St. Cloud State University hockey games.
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The issue is an intriguing one that has not been addressed by either the Minnesota Supreme Court or the U.S. Supreme Court: Does a person have to know he’s soliciting sex from a minor to be convicted of soliciting sex from a minor?
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‘Jeni wrote me a letter and she said ‘Dear Tom, I’m the daughter of the man who’s heart is inside of you and I’m gonna get married on August 6th,’ Arthur Thomas said. ‘And one further thing if you’re willing, would you walk me down the aisle?’
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Increasingly over the decades, coverage has had less to do with the actual competition, and more to do with the personal struggle of an individual athletes. The more drama, the better in storytelling and that’s what the Olympics are now — personal stories. Oh, and the medals. Read more →
Sandy Abeler, of Bertrum, Minn., swims across a lake there to raise money to send kids to camp. She’s 89. Read more →
Don’t you just hate when this happens? You’re paddling along, enjoying a scenic trip on one of Wisconsin’s lakes when you find a leg sticking out of a beaver dam. Read more →
Katie Schoener is going to be remembered and buried today in Scranton, Pa., and her family isn’t shy about the circumstances. Read more →
As expected, NPR ombudsman Elizabeth Jensen heard plenty of reaction from NPR listeners about Steve Inskeep’s interview with white supremacist and former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke. Read more →
It can’t be much fun if you’re a Delta traveler today. All of Delta’s flights were grounded because of computer woes. Even when the systems are restored, the effect will ripple throughout the system for hours, if not days. That’s what happens when the airline industry consolidates. Read more →
There aren’t that many moments when you hear someone interviewed on the radio, and you feel a tear forming from the pride of it all. Read more →
Can an exhibit at a museum be considered iconic? Perhaps it depends on how many kids grew up crawling over, under, and around it.
Using that definition of questionable science, three exhibits at Minnesota’s Children’s Museum, qualify as iconic. Read more →
The letter, from Cheryl Chatman, the dean of diversity at the university, invited students to an orientation session, making it clear that students of color were required to attend. Read more →