Bob Collins
In an interview on Sunday with MPR News and several other news outlets in Minnesota, Sen. Al Franken said ‘I know I have a lot of work to do to regain the trust of people I’ve let down.’ Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for November 2017
The Church of Sweden has decided that God is beyond human form and so it will no longer refer to … him… as …. him or he. Read more →
Here’s a list of guests and topics today on MPR News programming. Read more →
NPR’s Story Lab project Inter(Nation)al traveled to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to the National Congress of American Indians to talk with tribal leaders, scholars and people in the legal field about these foundational, living documents. Read more →
Here are the guests and show topics today on MPR News programming. Read more →
Last September, Fox 9 reporter Courtney Godfrey lost part of her leg while boating on Christmas Lake. The boat’s propeller took her foot off; doctors had to amputate her leg.
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It is much more difficult now for television — any news outlet, really — to awaken a conscience than it was in 1984. Read more →
Sure, go ahead and call Mike Hughes all the names he’s probably heard before but we’re here today to celebrate his passion, an antidote to America’s pervasive can’t-do spirit.
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Dan Hartley, a Durand, Wis., native, went hunting around Janesville on Saturday, looking for a deer to shoot.
That’s when a deer found him. Read more →
Today’s Quinnipiac Poll on public attitudes toward sexual harassment is fascinating because of the point where Republicans and Democrats depart a similar path. Read more →
It’s hard to believe a reporter would go to the bother of setting up a TV interview, and then not get any newsworthy answers to questions that her allegations have raised. Read more →
Teachers face a constant struggle to make their lessons relatable to their students. An engaged student is an educated student. It’s a form of the ‘by any means necessary’ method of education.
That’s why we have the Zombie Based Learning curriculum. Read more →
Here’s a list of topics and guests on MPR News programming today. Read more →
There aren’t a lot of athletes who spend their offseason calling attention to prosecutorial misconduct, but the WNBA — unlike almost every other major sports league — seems to encourage its athletes not to “stick to sports.”
The Minnesota Lynx’s Maya Moore shows up this week on Jerry Stackhouse’s online show for The Players Tribune.
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If the Derek Boogaard’s story wasn’t enough to make hockey fans think again about their glorification of hockey’s “enforcers”, it’s hard to imagine that Stephen Peat’s will be.
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