Bob Collins
Fox created the controversy in the first place, then dismissed the controversy as the fault of social media. Read more →
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Archives for July 2014
If a homeless person has an apartment, are they still a homeless person? If a person isn’t a homeless person, should a neighborhood still be afraid? These are the questions that aren’t being asked in Moorhead in the unfolding drama surrounding a neighborhood’s attempt to boot out a church-sponsored project to build housing for the Read more →
Who are you and what have you done with Joe Soucheray? The most famous crank in the newspaper business in the Twin Cities and long-time opponent of the Central Corridor light-rail project has seen the light in, perhaps, the biggest turnaround in transit history. In his column in the Pioneer Press today, Soucheray took the Read more →
Lost around here in the spotlight on Minneapolis last night was another case of local kids making good when Trampled by Turtles made its second appearance on the Letterman show. Which, of course, led to a short discussion on taconite.
Don’t you just hate it when your flight is about to land and a whale surfaces on the “runway? (warning: obscenity) It happened late last week in Alaska, of course. (h/t: John Olson)
Comcast is trying significant damage control today after a customer posted audio of his attempt to cancel Comcast’s Internet and cable service in his home. Read more →
Jeremiah Heaton of Abingdon, Virginia, is either a very clever man, a too-indulgent father or — perhaps — a little of both. Read more →
A man has now been charged with shoplifting from a Target store in Virginia, where the security guard who called the cops on him says he was fired for doing so. The Washington Post reports, however, that a Target spokeswoman still won’t talk about the case of Dallas Northington, the Target employee who was fired: Read more →
When’s the last time you saw a substantive interview result from a TV reporter knocking on someone’s door? In Detroit, a news crew knocked on the door of an 88-year-old man yesterday, a few days after three people knocked on his door, pushed him inside, knocked him to the ground, put a gun to his Read more →
Derek Jeter will get the extended standing ovation and, with any luck at all, the Minnesota fans will seize the moment and do the Jeter chant. Read more →
Moorhead’s City Council has voted unanimously to oppose housing for the homeless. Read more →
Matthew Guthmiller became the youngest to fly around the world alone but won’t hear much about it: NBC’s Today show has paid the family to be quiet.
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It’s too late for Glenn Burke but Major League Baseball might be taking one tiny, overdue step in acknowledging the gay athlete by inviting his family to the All-Star Game. Read more →
Some time this evening, South Dakota teen Matthew Guthmiller will fulfill his dream and become the youngest person ever to fly around the planet by himself. Read more →
It’s a crime to take selfies while running for your life from the bulls in Pamplona. Read more →