Bob Collins
Now this public service message, courtesy of the Sudbury (Mass.) Police Department: Don’t do this. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for November 2017
The thin blue line can be particularly tiny in small towns where the local constables know everybody and watch out for each other in a way that’s a little different than the big city. The potential for conflicts of interest is huge. Read more →
Not that we need a reminder that we could all be better fathers but we could all work harder at being like Bailey Sellers’ dad.
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Angela Lansbury, the beloved 93-year-old actress, is pinning the blame for sexual harassment and abuse on women.
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South Dakota has a brewing sexual harassment scandal between a lobbyist and an ex-lawmaker and this one sets a new standard for ugly. Read more →
The story of how Gilbert Mancheski finally agreed to hit the road in today’s Pioneer Press has its head-shaking moment for why his initial offer to sell out to the city fell apart. Read more →
Here’s a list of topics and guests for today’s MPR News programming. Read more →
James O’Keefe, the Project Veritas boss who’s made quite a name for himself by secretly filming meetings with media organizations, probably isn’t going to reveal what happened when he tried to trap the Washington Post’s reporters into offering their views of Roy Moore, the Alabama Senate candidate who’s been embroiled in a controversy over alleged relationships with underage girls.
The Post didn’t bite on O’Keefe’s attempt to trap the journalists by sending a woman claiming she was impregnanted by Moore.
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Marlene Bird, 50, wanted you to know her name.
She struggled with alcoholism and was homeless in 2014 when she was beaten and set afire. Her legs had to be amputated. She lived with a patch covering her eye. She had been sexually assaulted. Read more →
They don’t call the kids on the Caledonia High School football team “champs” for nothing, and it’s not just because they beat Pipestone 57-to-6 on Friday to win the state Class AA football championship, their eighth title in the last 11 years. Read more →
Nearly 200 square dancers once did the bowing and circling and twirling with the Turkey Trotters square dancing club in Worthington. Now, once the snowbirds head south at this time of the year, there are only three. You can’t do much square dancing with three people. Read more →
Ely Timberjay publisher Marshall Helmberger gave voice to his mother last week. She was a legislative aide who was forced out after being abused at the Capitol. Read more →
A dustup from Republican operatives on Twitter yesterday was a perfect example of the ingrained cultural patriarchy. Three media outlets were allowed to interview Sen. Al Franken yesterday in separate interviews and all three reporters were women. Read more →
Just how a big comeback Nazis have made in 2017 was never more obvious than the New York Times’ decision to put a human face on them.
He’s Tony Hovate and he’s just a regular guy, the Times tells us. He’s the Nazi sympathizer next door.
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Here’s today’s list of topics and guests on MPR News and NPR programming. Read more →