Bob CollinsThe security show is in the spotlight in Milwaukee because of some pushback to the sight of cops toting assault rifles at Miller Park, the home of the Milwaukee Brewers. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for June 2018
When’s the last time a T-shirt, a bumper sticker, or a lawn side influenced your vote? Read more →
Takeisha Saunders of Dallas wants you to understand what the term ‘baby daddy’ refers to in her culture, because the people who do the buying for Target don’t.
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The family of Adam Fournelle, who died two years ago, is pretty upset that his belongings, including a hockey stick and fishing rod, have been thrown away by the Cottage Grove cemetery. Read more →
We love raccoons. Rats? Not so much.
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If you’re looking for mental health care, and you pay Blue Cross Blue Shield for your health insurance, you’re probably not going to get it. Read more →
It’s not that “George” doesn’t like the news he gets from the Star Tribune. It’s his inability to articulate why. Read more →
Here are the stories, topics, and guests you’ll hear today on MPR News. Read more →
You know what can get you out of a ticket if crying doesn’t work? Being the person who delivered the cop into the world. Read more →
It’s good for Kaitlyn Strom that on the day a picture circulated of her with her head stuck in a tailpipe of a pickup truck, the world’s attention was diverted by a raccoon doing raccoon things. Read more →
Former NHL player Nick Boynton — an ‘enforcer’ in his days in hockey — penned what initially sounded very much like a suicide note today on The Players Tribune. Read more →
What if someone paid attention to the brainpower — in this case the high school robotics competition and its ability to capture the hearts of a small town? Someone has. In Greenbush, Minn., populationn 719.
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I don’t write fan mail. Today, I make an exception. It was announced today that Tom Weber is leaving Minnesota Public Radio.
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Beasley Baker, Russ Galvan, Randy Kohl, Jesse Harrison and Ben Brooks were honored by the Coast Guard on Tuesday because they saw the man floating in the river, fired up a tow boat, and threw him a lifeline, which he’d initially rejected. Read more →
A day after yet another tiff at a city council meeting where an ongoing political dispute between the city’s first female mayor and at least one member of the council has included allegations of misogyny, police say someone has sprinkled screws around the mayor’s driveway to flatten her tires.
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