The 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
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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 →
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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 →
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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 →
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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 →
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Minnesota is upset — outraged, if you will — over this article in the New York Times. Read more →