Bob CollinsTwitter provides a safe haven for white supremacists and Nazis but it’s got a real problem with people who tweet phone numbers of politicians. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for June 2018
The summer solstice provides us with another opportunity to consider the half-full/half-empty nature of the cosmos. Read more →
We are consistently impressed with the ingenuity and passion of the people who love to fish. Read more →
Koko the gorilla could do some amazing things. But in her lifetime, her notable achievement was making humans stop to consider whether we do right by our evolutionary pals. Read more →
Parking revenue at Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport is down and the Metropolitan Airports Commission is trying to lure people back to its cement jungle. Who could see that coming? Anyone who has tried to park at MSP in the last year or so. Read more →
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United Airlines and American Airlines are standing up against the Trump administration’s policy to take children away from parents who cross the border. You’re up, Delta. CNBC says the two airlines have asked the government not to fly the kids to detention centers on their airline. Read more →
In Russia, nothing sells burgers like a promotion offering free Whoppers to women who agree to get impregnated by soccer players in the World Cup.
Burger King has now apologized for the promotion. Read more →
The New York Times is under fire in some quarters for spiking an on-the-record audio interview with Stephen Miller, President’s Trump’s senior policy adviser. Read more →
Kingsport, Tennessee’s athletic director wins the competition for understatement this week with this observation after a brawl broke out between parents watching their girls play softball. Read more →
The Iron Range is much like America itself. No matter what is shown on TV that’s happening between families seeking refuge in the United States, if the times are good in the wallet, politicians and voters can shake just about anything else off. Read more →
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Over 100 women pilots will prove today they haven’t forgotten their routes or their roots. They’re taking off at 8 a.m. in Sweetwater, Texas, in the 2018 Air Race classic. By nightfall, perhaps, they’ll make Faribault, Minn., enroute to the finish line in Fryeburg, Maine. Read more →
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Today marks the 365th consecutive day that John Sievers has worn a different T-shirt, capping his year-long effort to draw attention to his community. Read more →