Bob CollinsJad Abumrad, the creator of RadioLab, loves radio. So it was a little disconcerting last evening, though understandable, when he seemed to bury terrestrial radio. “I don’t know a single 20-year-old who has a radio,” he told PBS NewsHour. He passionately and correctly describes the creative beauty of radio in which the listener is a Read more →
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Archives for January 2016
Paul Kantner, an original member of Jefferson Airplane, was supposed to play the Medina Entertainment Center tonight with his version of the band, Jefferson Starship. But he died yesterday.
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The local food shelf might appreciate it if we were all better at math. Gavin Thompson is good at math, so the Ottawa mathematician has taken $150 and turned it into $1,500 worth of donations.
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It’s a day of commercialism and a lot of people in love don’t like it anymore. People shouldn’t feel obligated to express their love; that’s not the way love works. But go ahead and try to get through Valentine’s Day without running up a big tab.
Save yourselves while you still can, kids. Read more →
Jessica Taylor, a pilot for a Denver-based regional airline, won a big fight this week with the Federal Aviation Administration on behalf of people just like her. Read more →
I have a friend who is about to do what most of us are too afraid to do: He’s about to follow his dream. Good for him. Literally, it’s good for him, some recent research suggests. Read more →
Although they’re the least supported major sports team in the Twin Cities, the Minnesota Timberwolves are quietly revolutionizing how you’ll buy tickets to sporting events, and, in the process, increasing the price you’ll pay.
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How bad is the University of Minnesota men’s basketball team?
They can be beaten and outrebounded even if the opposition plays with shoes in their hand.
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There really aren’t that many “where were you when” moments in our individual histories. The day the space shuttle exploded is one of them. Unbelievably, it was 30 years ago today. Read more →
A Minnesota native has pretty well killed the ‘niceness’ image that locals may have had in the nation’s capital. Read more →
A few weeks ago, Minnesota Timberwolves guard Zach Lavine provided the first indication of dissension in the ranks of the team, which has struggled for credibility for years.
The criticism is shared by at least half the team, the Associated Press reports. Read more →
Today would be a good day to tell politicians that it’s OK to listen to what people are telling them. Read more →
Being a cop or a firefighter tends to run in a family, which is why an anti-nepotism policy proposal in La Crosse, Wis., is under fire. Read more →
Bill Eddins, music director of the Edmonton Symphony and former associate conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra, has shut down his classical music blog, convinced that nothing is going to change in the world of classical music. Read more →
Liam Hollidge, a member of the Minnehaha Academy’s C-squad basketball team, is clearly destined for greatness even if it’s not likely to be as a basketball player. Read more →