Most of us love football. It’s the national pastime. If someone ends up with Alzheimer’s, or shoots themselves (in the chest, of course, so their brain can still be studied), it’s a price we’re willing to have someone else pay. “They knew what they were getting into,” we’ll tell ourselves,except when the kids grab their helmets and equipment, and ask for a ride to the nearest field on a Saturday morning.
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There aren’t as many farm families as there once were in Minnesota, so in rural county fairs, the competition is more focused. Read more →
Northern Minnesota used to be pretty much tornado-proof. Now? Not so much. Read more →
Devotion over decades is what marriage is all about. Read more →
On Sunday (12-1 p.m.), I’ll be hosting a Q&A at the MPR booth at the State Fair with Chris Worthington, the managing director of regional news at Minnesota Public Radio. To my knowledge, the event is not being broadcast, you can’t call in with a question. If you’re not going to the Fair on Sunday, Read more →
Our guy Collins is scavenger hunt fodder. Read more →
Like other disasters before it, the Yosemite Rim Fire is providing some tremendous beauty in photographs and video.
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A town ball state of mind, county fairs and cat video season, New York says mosques are terrorist organizations, eyes on lake homeowners, and the liquor store drive-thru lanes. Read more →
Cherice Moralez, who was 14 at the time her high school teacher had sex with her, isn’t able to react to a Montana judge who sentenced the teacher to only 30 days in jail because the girl “was older than her years.” She killed herself shortly before her 17th birthday when the case became a Read more →
How do you measure success when the curriculum is the ability to dream? Read more →
We have a dream that people stop abusing the expression, “I have a dream” Read more →
A. Philip Randolph has faded from the memories of the Civil Rights Movement. He shouldn’t. Read more →
What would you do if you owned the MLK speech, whose house will MSP jets fly over, why Millennials hate the telephone, the ‘mind meld’ is real, and why you could be liable for texting someone who is driving. Read more →
Some photos of the State Fair in snow to keep you cool. Read more →
CNN’s managing editor get slammed for trite coverage but she doesn’t mind Read more →
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