Bob Collins
Charlie Sykes, probably the most well-known conservative radio voice in Wisconsin, announced today that he’s done with the business at the end of the year. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Politics
A voting rights group, using audio it recorded from several DMV offices in rural areas of Wisconsin, says people in the state are being given incorrect information when they try to get an ID to vote in next month’s election. Read more →
I filled out my absentee ballot this weekend, making sure to turn the ballot over so I could ignore the judicial races on the back, all of which (other than the Minnesota Supreme Court) feature a judge I know nothing about (except for the ex-politicians) who are running unopposed.
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Conditioned as we are by a three-year presidential campaign season that has intended to destroy whatever is still united in the states, there’s a good reason why the rational among us took note of this picture this weekend. Read more →
Hillary Clinton sat down with Zach Galifianakis on Between Two Ferns and we learned that if Donald Trump wins, she will not move to Canada, nor will she take up arms.
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That was a fascinating segment on NPR’s Morning Edition today when an NPR host, who works for an organization that steadfastly refuses to say that Donald Trump lies, quizzed the boss of the country’s most influential newspaper, who works for an organization that has no such qualms. Read more →
A study from Harvard’s Kennedy School says the inclusion decades ago of “why” to the traditional list of questions every news story should answer — who, what, why, when, where, how — has shifted the focus of news coverage from the newsmaker to the reporter.
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The Faribault Daily News reports the City Council yesterday took aim again at AC units installed in apartments in the city’s downtown. In 2014, it declined to ban them. This time, the heat is on. The city staff is giving the Council the option of banning air conditioners. Read more →
At least in the short term, a scolding from a politician can be costly, but it takes a lot more to bring a big bank down. Read more →
To right an injustice, you have to be part of someone else’s story, New York Times columnist David Brooks says.
That’s difficult when your injustice isn’t theirs. Read more →
NPR’s news boss is firing back at media critic Jay Rosen, who chastised the news organization on Twitter today for its coverage of Donald Trump’s appearance at a church in Flint yesterday. Read more →
Surely Ramsey County and some of the people it serves can come to an agreement over a once trash-strewn lot that neighbors have turned into an urban garden. It’s just a garden, after all.
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Despite what you may have heard, there are limits to free speech.
In Minneapolis, for example, it’s eight square feet. That’s the total square feet allowed for any political lawn sign.
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Elaine Harmon today finally got the respect she more than earned as a member of the Womens Air Force Service Pilots (WASPS). Read more →
A Florida congressman appeared to threaten to unleash a virus on the U.S. House of Representatives over its inaction. Read more →