Bob CollinsFrank Gaffney is no fan of Muslims. He’s one of the ringleaders of the effort to spread the rumor that Barack Obama was Muslim. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for November 2016
Things seem to be going so well for Ingraham that we’re starting to wonder whether things were be the same if he weren’t a celebrity, if he hadn’t once called Red Lake Falls the ‘absolute worst place to live in America’, whether the people hadn’t invited him to see it firsthand, and whether his decision to move his family to the community hadn’t been so widely publicized? Read more →
Mose Allison combined Delta blues with jazz, and accommodated the British Invasion. Read more →
We never tire of these moments when America’s kids show that what old-timers often think about them is dead wrong. Read more →
Former Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe sure can hold a grudge. Read more →
By around this time next week it might not seem like it, but those of you traveling through MSP International Airport are walking on the hallowed ground of one of the nation’s best airports, a new study claims. Tenth-best, to be exact. Read more →
Words of encouragement are being scrawled in chalk on the Twin City’s sidewalks and driveways.
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Now that we’re done with evaluating the media’s fascination with polls and the horse race of presidential campaigns, which seem to prevent many substantive stories about candidates from rising above the noise, let’s talk about another important election day component that is obsessed with politics as sport: You. Read more →
Gwen Ifill co-anchors one of the smartest news programs in America that probably isn’t as well watched as it should be, but for those who value a calm and intelligent discussions about the day’s issue, she was a national treasure.
She died today at 61. Read more →
Perhaps you’ve noticed in the last seven days that, despite not having a shred of specifics from the new president, reporters have had no trouble telling the story of what a Trump presidency means for everything and everybody.
They could have spent the last year doing those stories for all of the candidates who wanted to be president, but they couldn’t; they were too busy regurgitating the stump speeches and rehashing the horse race, which relies on polls that were completely inaccurate. Read more →
The online star of the postgame show for American’s Election Day has turned out to be a guy who’s going to be out of work in two months. Read more →
For farmers to succeed in business, energy prices will have to go up. Record and bountiful harvests will have to go down. Read more →
There’s plenty in the news to get justifiably worked up about but let’s squeeze in one little ray of sunshine before we return to our regular programming.
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It’s not often you hear coaches of professional sports teams dissecting the political scene in America, but San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, probably the best basketball coach in America, isn’t an ordinary coach, and he’s never suffered fools gladly. Read more →
I’m at the time of my life where, more often than not, I learn what happened to some of those old classmates when I hear that they’ve died or are dying.
Joe Resnick, who became a bigshot in the sportswriting world as a freelancer, is dying.
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