Bob CollinsOnly about four of your Facebook friends actually care about you, a study from the UK says today.
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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for January 2016
Every other year or so a survey reveals that most Americans have never read the U.S. Constitution, and every few days someone claiming a constitutional right proves the surveys correct. Read more →
Paul TostoTwo criminals thought they’d pulled off the perfect crime. But their getaway car was a Pontiac Aztek and their kidnap victim ultimately got the attention of police. Read more →
Amherst College, the ultra-liberal school in Massachusetts, has decided to drop its unofficial mascot because it honors the commander of British forces in North America who advocated wiping out Native Americans by giving them blankets laced with smallpox. Read more →
The country is full of people who don’t stand for anything. Concepcion Picciotto, is not one of them.
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‘Edina would be a nicer place if we could all talk to each other and not be awkward for not knowing each other,’ Stanley Wu, a 16 year old, wrote in his letter to Mayor James Hovland.
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Can Wisconsin employers be a little more supportive of employees who are willing to give a little piece of themselves to save someone else’s life?
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The U.S. has been at war so long you’d think people would ‘get’ the whole ‘support our troops’ thing by now.
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We suspect there is no greater challenge of ‘toughness’ in Minnesota than the race that’s underway in northern Minnesota at this hour.
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Shaquille O’Neal has a heart as big as he is. Read more →
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, in a typical condescending dissent of the majority, nonetheless raises some good questions in his dissent today of the court’s decision to apply a ban on life terms for juveniles retroactively. Read more →
Take note, people who demonstrate and disrupt government meetings. You don’t have a free speech right to do so, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled today.
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Sure, the airports were closed, people who didn’t pay attention to the forecast got stuck for 24 hours on a highway, and nobody in the neighborhoods of New York has a prayer of getting their cars unstuck today.
But, the East Coasters are having fun with winter. Read more →
A lot of school boards across the country have student representatives to provide the perspective of the students. Fargo’s is dead set against the idea, the Fargo Forum reports today.
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‘The Northwest Suburban Basketball League has decided RAYBA does not fit into the league. The main reason they made this decision is because other teams do not want to play RAYBA due to the skill level,’ a letter to parents and coaches said. Read more →