Bob CollinsMike and Rainy Lofald’s son, Joseph, was killed in April 2011 after a shift at the Minntac plant in Mountain Iron when the car in which he was riding went into the ditch. His colleague, James Duane Voltzke, was driving. And he was under the influence. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Crime and Justice
If you had any kind of childhood at all , and you’re over the age of 50, you will — within the next three paragraphs — be thinking about the time your parents left you to your own devices to find your way back home.
You just didn’t know at the time that you were a ‘free range kid.’ Read more →
Bernard Verlhac was buried in France today. He was one of the cartoonists killed in last week’s attack in Paris.
His casket was simple but adorned, perhaps, the only way a casket for a cartoonist should be adorned Read more →
It’s not possible to find a sadder story today than the Star Tribune report on Kendrea Johnson, the 6-year-old girl who was found dead in her foster home in Brooklyn Park. Read more →
According to a study from the University of North Dakota, 31.7 percent of the men surveyed said they would force a woman to have sexual intercourse. Read more →
The St. Paul skyway system is blooming with signs warning people to either keep moving or stay out altogether, depending on whatever factors they deem trespassing
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When the U.S. Supreme Court declared unconstitutional the practice of requiring people suspected of drunk driving to submit to blood testing without a warrant, it left an important question unanswered: What happens to people who were convicted prior to the ruling? Read more →
Is it a crime to stop moving in St. Paul’s skyways? Read more →
A day after the killings of journalists — including many editorial cartoonists — in Paris, many newspapers in the rest of the world are casting off the conventions of the editorial page to speak out. Read more →
Sometimes, the events that come from us being apart from one another, pull us together.
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There are certainly troubling aspects to the alleged actions of former East Ridge High School (Woodbury) principal Aaron Harper, who resigned under pressure in early November. Read more →
Lost in the holiday diversions this week was the death of Paul Sprenger, who died on Monday while vacationing in Curacao.
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There’s no better example of the appearance of questionable ethics in politics than the once brewing 2008 scandal in which a lawsuitclaimed a Minnesota businessman tried to bribe then-Sen. Norm Coleman by funeling money to a business employing Coleman’s wife.
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If you need a little reminder that the country has made some progress in matters of race, pay attention to who’s riding on the ‘inspiring stories’ float at the beginning of the Tournament of Roses parade tomorrow.
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Jay Wilds, the somewhat mysterious man who blew the whistle on Adnan Syed in the murder case that spawned the podcast “Serial,” has never heard the show. Read more →