Bob Collins
Not at all surprisingly, the obituary appearing in the Star Tribune today for Aaron Purmort, whose ‘crimefighting’ has been well documented on his wife’s blog, is nothing short of perfect.
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The conservative group that’s opposed to the Minnesota State High School League’s proposed policy for transgender athletes has pulled another full-page ad out of the ‘say what?’ file.
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Eric Ringham
The short life of retail glory: a play in one act. Read more →
Back in my ancestral homeland, which also happens to be Arlo Guthrie’s neck of the woods, the full playing of Alice’s Restaurant was a Thanksgiving tradition. Read more →
The Grape Salad story in the NY Times is now officially the journalism version of ‘Ishtar’. Read more →
Nancy Yang“It’s over.” That’s how Nora McInerny Purmort began the blog post Tuesday evening about her husband Aaron’s death. He died of brain cancer. The tumor was discovered in 2011. It reappeared not long before their child was born in 2013. The Purmorts shared their story on My Husband’s Tumor “It ended today at 2:43pm, in the middle Read more →
There’s no NewsCut today. But there is a dog who makes motorcycle engine noises. Read more →
If you had to choose which team is more valuable, which would you pick? The Minnesota Wild or the Minnesota Timberwolves? Forbes says T-Wolves. Read more →
A pro-life website callously uses a dying local man to judge a dead woman. Read more →
Good news! Minnesotans have been validated. Read more →
Delta Airlines isn’t too afraid to wade into a political issue despite the risk it will alienate many of its customers. Read more →
One of the problems with Google and a shaky grasp of history, is it provides fertile ground for people to corrupt meaningful moments.
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Meet Adrian Peterson, NFL running back, child beater, victim. Read more →
Matthew Heisler, 21, died in a house fire last March. His heart still beats. Read more →
It’s shaping up to be a bad week for cultural icons. Read more →