Bob CollinsWhat’s the best part about tournament time?
Towns that give a proper send-off to their kids. Read more →
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Archives for May 2018
It’s a recognition that the race’s boom times probably aren’t coming back with a 373-mile race that evokes a historic route for transporting mail. Read more →
No doubt parental expectations have kept the therapists’ appointment calendar full but commencement season provides proof that if you expect and demand more of kids, they’ll usually deliver. Read more →
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The NCAA has relented on its longstanding opposition to allowing tournaments in states where sports gambling is allowed; not that it had much of a choice following this week’s Supreme Court decision striking down laws against sports bookmaking anywhere but Vegas. Read more →
People in Hawaii seem remarkably unperturbed by middle Earth springing a leak. Read more →
According to the reaction this video is getting, there are a lot of sailing experts on social media with advice to give.
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Paul Tosto
‘I don’t think it’s just a printing press for making money,’ the former columnist said of his medium of choice. ‘It’s supposed to be some kind of higher calling to be in this business, or you might as well be doing something else that has shorter hours and better benefits.’ Read more →
The plan to move a huge floating bog on North Long Lake near Brainerd seemed a little far fetched to succeed but you have to admire the spunk of the area Read more →
Kelly Pflanzer, of Milwaukee, posted a video to YouTube today (language warning) , which is something when you consider she died two weeks ago. Read more →
The value of a high school diploma has been minimized in recent years, but it’s still a pretty big deal and putting in 12 years of work should be a cause for wild celebration. Read more →
Pay no attention to the sportswriters and their incessant focus on what’s wrong with baseball. They’re on the clock; they’re like most people who are working: they just want to go home. Forget them.
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If you pay close attention to NPR’s Morning Edition, you’ve probably noticed a shift in the journalism. Gone — mostly — are deep dives from reporters. In are interviews with ‘newsmakers’, and it’s causing waves with NPR listeners, as NPR’s ombudsman, Elizabeth Jensen, wrote last month when she said listeners are finding it unsatisfying.
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