Bob CollinsThe New York Times’ Public Editor — the Times’ version of an ombudsman — has joined in the criticism of her newspaper over the assertion that Minnesotans have a near love affair with grape salad at Thanksgiving. “After Lefse ended up chosen for North Dakota and Wild Rice for Wisconsin, The Times had to look Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for November 2014
If all go according to plan, I’ve got six months left to work in the news business.
Why? Because a colleague let me know today that this job is open now.
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‘Rural values’ and ‘traditional values’ are fairly vague terms, which are often left to the rest of us — city slickers — to figure out what they define exactly. They often are intertwined with religion or faith. Whose religion and whose faith? Read more →
Meet Kelly McCarthy, who’s behind the funny tweets from Lino Lakes. Read more →
Former Shattuck St. Mary’s hockey player Jack Johnson is tapped out, and mom and dad are to blame, the Columbus Dispatch newspaper says today.
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The unbelievable blizzard in western New York is perfect for capturing by quadcopter.
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O, Canada, you are too cool. Read more →
Bill Cosby can’t seem to stop revealing the real Bill Cosby.
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The push for sidewalks in Edina is meeting with significant unfriendliness.
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He directed “The Graduate,” “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and other great films, but his iconic role in American entertainment was as a comedian. Read more →
While appearing to be somewhat contrite, the New York Times writer responsible for the great grape-salad scandal of Thanksgiving 2014 isn’t backing away. Read more →
All the weather attention has been on Buffalo — deservedly so — but when it comes to lake-effect snow, our wet friend to the north is no slouch.
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You know the type. You usually end up behind him/her. Read more →
This is the part of #pointergate that has been lost in the brouhaha over one incident and one indication of police attitudes toward residents of the city. Read more →
Minnesota is upset — outraged, if you will — over this article in the New York Times. Read more →