Bob Collins
The Winona Fine Arts Commission is in a tough spot. It’s got 100 historical works of art, and it has to decide which 90 it’ll have to sell off. It can only afford to save 10. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for April 2017
Don’t steal candy from an amusement park near Toronto. The cops will go to DEFCON 1. Read more →
Among the most disturbing stories of the day is the NPR report today on the use of corporal punishment in schools. It still exists. It’s 2017. Read more →
Geoff Fearns, 59, is no slouch when it comes to big money. He’s president of TriPacific Capital Advisors, with a half-billion dollars of real estate holdings. But when he needed to give up a seat, he was just another little person on a big airline. Read more →
It was on this date in 1945 that Buchenwald, the Nazi concentration camp, was liberated by soldiers from the 6th Armored Division of the Third Army.
Edward R. Murrow faced the task of telling the story of Buchenwald with no tape recorded audio, no fancy production, just words. Read more →
Surely there’s a way to characterize Bashar al-Assad’s use of chemical weapons without suggesting that Hitler set a certain standard for depravity. Read more →
Bertram Boyum worked on a farm for 15 years but decided he wanted to do something different with his life. He started doing auctions at a church bazaar. That’s when an aunt told him a person could make a buck or two in the business. Read more →
Bottom line? If you’ve got a past you don’t want dredged up, get off the plane.
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Orin Doty, who died late last month, provides today’s quote worth remembering: ‘One person doing something is better than a thousand people doing nothing.’ Read more →
When is soon too soon in social media marketing that uses the worst day a man had as the foundation of a Twitter joke? Two brands are testing the question; one has already conceded defeat. Read more →
Paul Tosto
The ESPN broadcast features a surprising revelation: Seibel is out of jail and living only a few miles from the school. Read more →
Minnesota’s 2014 teacher of the year isn’t interested in being the poster boy for people who oppose the last-in-first-out system of teacher layoffs, even though he’s gotten his layoff notice. Read more →
The mother and grandparents of a Montgomery, Minn., woman has been charged with falsely reporting her ‘missing,’ the Mankato Free Press reports. Read more →
The Supreme Court has held that asking someone for a urine sample is a search and, therefore, needs a warrant from a judge.
What happens if a person can’t or won’t provide a sample even with a warrant?
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Some NBA cities are getting all jazzed up for the excitement of the NBA playoffs.
And then there’s Minneapolis, where the local team has missed the playoffs for a 13th consecutive year. Read more →