Bob CollinsIf a police officer is on duty when her husband hunts her down and shoots her to death, did she die in the line of duty?
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for March 2013
We give Timewaster Credit [tm] today to the usual buttoned-down people at the U.S. Census Bureau. They’ve put together the perfect afternoon timewaster during March Madness — a bracket form for city populations.
The little gizmo that could
Shakespeare as therapy
The failed gun-control efforts, Saint Paul’s shadow falls on Washington, the good life of the news consumer, all about the Constitution, and appreciating the value of an education.
David Cazares
Now: (via Reuters and the New York Times): A dozen car bombs and suicide blasts tore into Shi’ite Muslim districts across Baghdad and south of the Iraqi capital on Tuesday, killing more than 50 people on the 10th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein. Sunni Islamist insurgents linked to al Qaeda are Read more →
Google has released Street View images of some of the most famous mountains on Earth. Travel vicariously to Mt. Kilimanjaro: View Larger Map And Mt. Everest base camp: View Larger Map Roberto Baldwin has the story on Wired.com: One lucky engineer, who happens to be a passionate mountaineer, led the Google Mountain Enthusiast team during Read more →
As we near the date when some air traffic control towers will close, the claims of unsafe skies are coming more into focus. Most of it is guesswork.
This is — or was — a big anniversary in the history of political journalism. It was 100 years ago today that the first presidential news conference was held.
How will the young ever retire, a visit to Tim’s Place, stray voltage reconsidered, the unfair world of the bald eagle, and the camera generation.
Target Center management no longer on the block
The comet
Been looking through the seed catalogs to help get you through the last days of winter? Here’s something you should think about planting this year: milkweed.