Bob CollinsRelax, not that raccoon. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for June 2018
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White, old, bearded. That’s the image that those who believe in God often see when they imagine him/her/it.
Or so we’re told. But maybe not. Read more →
What, you’ve never seen a woman at a country music festival with her head stuck up the tailpipe of a pickup truck? Read more →
George H.W. Bush turned 94 Tuesday, which is notable because not a single U.S. president has ever lived to be 94. And soon, there might be two. Jimmy Carter turns 94 in October. Presidents Ford and Reagan were 93 when they died. Bush’s son, Neal, penned a tribute to his father in USA Today today. “Long Read more →
If there’s one statistic that reveals the extent to which parents and some coaches are out of control when it comes to pushing their kids to a big payday in professional baseball it’s this one: more than half of all “Tommy John” surgeries in the United States are performed on kids between 15 and 19.
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We are of the opinion that Whiskey would’ve gone back inside a Spring Lake Park home the minute Whiskey wanted to, but props to the Spring Lake – Blaine – Mounds View Fire Department anyway. Read more →
The people of Altoona, Wis., near Eau Claire, have about had it with the challenge of parking in the city. Read more →
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It was a heck of a moment for the kids of Mounds View who defeated Totino-Grace in the Class 4A, Section 5 final last week when Mounds View pitcher Ty Koehn struck out Totino-Grace’s Jack Kocon to end the game, preserving a 17-to-10 win. Read more →
It takes a lot to make Canada mad, but former diplomat Scott Gilmore has pretty much had it. Read more →
Color me skeptical about the latest poll purporting to show that journalists aren’t doing a good enough job of explaining how journalism works. Read more →
The intersection of arts, culture, and mass murder is nearly impossible to comprehend, but we’re getting there, sadly. Read more →
Although, obviously, there are local elections, elections are national things and should it be tougher for an American to vote in one state rather than another? Why not just have one set of rules for 50 states and the territories? Read more →
We are choosing to take some comfort in the knowledge that no matter what fresh hell awaits us in the news this week, we are still a people who will gather in the pouring rain, to watch a dog chase sheep from one end of the field to another, dispelling the notion that we return to work today to work like a dog. Read more →