Bob CollinsMichael Kadar, the man accused of making at least 245 threatening calls to Jewish Community Centers, apparently was a threat-maker for hire, The Atlantic reports today. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for August 2017
The Google engineer who thought the rest of his company should know that women are biologically inferior as members of the tech industry has been fired and believes his constitutional rights have been denied. Read more →
Fifteen million dollars is the price of St. Paul’s self-esteem problem.
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We understand the whole ‘tough guy’ thing that dominates football, but Vikings coach Mike Zimmer might be taking things a little too far, elevating the importance of the sport. Read more →
KARE 11’s Lou Raguse reports someone apparently swiped over 100 cards from Roger Wilson’s funeral in Monticello. They were stacked near his ashes in the back of a church.
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If you’re going to play in a girl’s soccer league in America in 2017, you probably should have long hair, lest you want to get a good look at the wonderful world of adults in organized youth sports.
In Madison, Wis., the girls on one soccer team have been hearing it from opponents because they like to wear their hair short. They’re pushing back, however. Read more →
A Toronto police officer has proven that sometimes you have to throw the book away.
Niran Jeyanesan was called to the local Walmart last night on a shoplifting complaint.
Store security was holding an 18-year old man who was in the process of stealing a dress shirt, tie, and socks. Read more →
Don Baylor wasn’t with the Twins very long. He was a late-season pickup (from the Boston Red Sox) for a team trying to win a pennant. He was 38 by then without much left in the tank. He played only 20 regular season games here. Read more →
If you’re a reasonable person, Rowda Asad’s comment to MPR reporter Doualy Xaykaothao in the aftermath of the weekend bombing of the Islamic Center in Bloomington was a gut punch.
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The ‘magic’ of radio was — and in some places still is — its ability to provide a shared experience. The Rich Petersons catered to an audience that didn’t want to be alone, even when they were alone.
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Nothing can scare despots like music. Wuilly Arteaga, dressed in the colors of Venezuela, stood against the thugs who are stealing democracy in his country armed only with a violin and a bucketload of courage.
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Gary Bipes is living a charmed life. Or maybe it’s an unlucky life. It’s hard to tell the difference sometimes.
Bipes, whom I met for the first time five years ago,when I was doing a radio talk show during the gigantic Oshkosh airplane show, survived a plane crash yesterday afternoon in Hector, the West Central Tribune reports today. Read more →
Even if this bombing turns out not to be a crime of hate, there have been plenty that have and it’s going to take more than leading to stop the march toward sectarian violence. It’s going to take some following. Read more →
There are some photographs you can waste a Friday afternoon staring at. Read more →
Every now and again I am reminded that although the possibilities of new technology are endless, the advances can come at the expense of the documentation of our past. And that in our digital age, history evaporates quickly. Read more →