Bob CollinsIt took a Massachusetts school superintendent to do what a girls basketball coach could not: apologize for running up the score in a sectional playoff game.
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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for March 2018
Joseph Francis Fernkes, 62, of Willmar, got off with about a $430 fine when he acknowledged being the person who put a pig’s foot on table at a farmer’s market display being staffed by Somalis.
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Every now and again, a day comes along with a letter to the editor that you know is going to set the world ablaze.
Today is that day.
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No matter how much we may love winter, this is the time of the year where even a moderate dumping of snow can send us over the edge.
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Norm Ornstein, a Minnesota native, writes in the New York Times today about his son, ill served by a mental health system that does not serve those who are too ill to know that they need help. Read more →
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Just in the time between when Forbes released its annual ranking of billionaires today, and lunch time, Glen Taylor’s worth increased by another $100 million, according to Forbes. And he’s not even close to being the richest man in Minnesota. Read more →
To counterbalance the post earlier of a dead dog and the guy who shot it, we give you the men and women of the North Reading (Mass., of course) police and fire departments, who took charge when a woman brought her choking Saint Bernard puppy into the station. Read more →
A panic attack during a November game changed the way the ex-Timberwolves player thinks about mental health. Read more →
The civilized world will put up with a lot of incidents of savagery. But killing a dog isn’t one of them.
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The world’s oldest message-in-a-bottle has been found in Australia and there are two fascinating elements to the story. One is that the world’s oldest message in a bottle has been found in Australia. The other is the work that was required to determine that the world’s oldest message in a bottle has been found in Australia. Read more →
It’s a fool who suggests s(he) has seen the depths of the political catastrophe that is the United States right now, but former Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg’s round of appearances on TV last night is going to be hard to beat. Read more →
Nancy YangThis season’s Bachelor is no longer welcome in Minnesota after what he did to Prior Lake’s Becca Kufrin. Read more →
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The Lexington became the first aircraft carrier the U.S. ever lost at sea. When she went down in the Battle of the Coral Sea, that was the last anyone saw of Lady Lex. Until Sunday. Read more →