Bob CollinsThe Associated Press today made a significant change in its writing — its ‘stylebook’ is the de facto guide in most every newsroom — which eliminates the description of climate change doubters as ‘skeptics’. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for September 2015
Steve Hemminsen, our man in Hendricks, Minn., and former anchor at KELO in Sioux Falls, has closed the book on the case of the missing wedding ring. Read more →
The problem isn’t just that premiums are going up. Deductibles and co-pays have been rising faster than most employees’ wages’ ability to keep up. Read more →
We always love it when someone in the International Space Station bothers to look down and get excited to see Minneapolis-St. Paul. Read more →
Gil ‘ran’ for Senate in Kentucky two years ago in a viral campaign for Represent.us, an advocacy group campaigning for anti-corruption laws to “prohibit purchasing political influence” by restraining campaign donations.
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Garrison Keillor’s decision to walk away from A Prairie Home Companion means the show is going to change. And public radio listeners and station owners are uncomfortable with change.
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Last night’s Stephen Colbert interview with Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz made clear that he’s the true successor to Daily Show host Jon Stewart when it comes to asking tough questions of guests, and when’s the last time that’s happened on late-night network TV? Read more →
Shadi Petosky, a Hollywood writer and producer, regularly flies between Minneapolis and Los Angeles, she says. She was stuck in Miami yesterday, trying to get a flight to Minneapolis, because she’s a transgender woman and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) wouldn’t let her on a plane. Read more →
It happened during a church picnic when the boy says the police officer talked to his mother disrespectfully, the Pioneer Press reports. Read more →
This is Martin Shkreli, who today became the face of the perceived problem with the health care industry– drug makers. Read more →
You probably don’t need any more shame for your youthful sedentary lifestyle, but here’s some anyway in the form of Don Pellman, a Wisconsin man, who tried to set a new record in the pole vault in San Diego yesterday. Read more →
Even the meteorologists are bailing on Minnesota winters.
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Ragnar has been — or was — the motorcycle-riding cheerleader for the team since 1994. Is he done? The Vikings haven’t commented. Read more →
This is the moment that has the golf world in an uproar.
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Within the last week or so, John McNallan’s insurance agent asked him if he wanted to put some fire insurance on his house in Millville, Minn.
You can probably figure out what happened next. Read more →