Bob Collins
It was a pretty neat scene in Faribault yesterday when a replica of the Vietnam War memorial wall made its way from Owatonna to the city. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Politics
There’s a reason Minnesota is a transportation backwater and the duct-tape approach filling the vacuum of a failed government is a primary one.
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Oh, it’s on now between Donald Trump and NPR.
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San Francisco 49er quarterback Colin Kaepernick refused to stand for the National Anthem on Saturday, testing whether we mean any of of the platitudes we utter about America. Read more →
Anyone who’s had a critical prescription has to be both relieved and frustrated by the reaction to the rapid increase in the rise of EpiPen, the shot that people with severe and life-threatening allergies use to stay alive. Read more →
It’s a sweet letter but what is particular comforting is this: Kids still write letters to the president of the United States. Read more →
Paul TostoJust a day or so after Jason Lewis won a crucial GOP primary in Minnesota’s 2nd Congressional District, left-leaning national media are showing a deeper interest in the past comments and writings of the former conservative radio talk show host. Read more →
Dallas knows a thing or two about presidential assassinations so even if one presidential candidate wasn’t suggesting the assassination of another — and we don’t think he was, for the record — the increasing political mob mentality in today’s politics is stirring memories in the city where President Kennedy was gunned down. Read more →
Ilhan Omar’s victory over Phyllis Kahn in the DFL primary is the kind of story that seems to resonate with Minnesota voters, just like Mee Moua, another trailblazing woman who has a similar story.
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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 →
David Duke probably isn’t going to win a Senate seat in Louisiana. There are too many people running for the gig and the Republican Party has already said it won’t support him.
So what makes David Duke worthy of NPR airtime for a race among other candidates whom NPR probably won’t invite on Morning Edition? Read more →
This morning, CNN reports, the latest poll shows Hillary Clinton with a 15-percent edge over Trump in popular opinion, a testament to the true evil that threatens the country: us.
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Metro Transit had a big chance to show off with last night’s opening of the Minnesota Vikings stadium in Minneapolis.
It blew it.
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Of those who defend freedom and protect our civil rights, no group is less appreciated than the public defender, a fact which allows governors to starve the system, denying rightful legal representation to the poor who are charged with crimes. Read more →
Perhaps you’ve noticed that in the last few days, the election of 2016 is no longer a contest between Republicans and Democrats.
In the last few days, the developing civil war within the GOP has spilled further out into the open and, to a degree, it was fascinating to watch. Read more →