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Joe Mauer doubled in his final at bat on Sunday, then gave every indication his career with the Twins is over when he caught a single pitch in the 9th inning before exiting to the cheers of a tearful hometown crowd. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for September 2018
A few weeks ago, I wrote in this space that I thought Joe Mauer would be back next season, at reduced pay, because why not? I don’t believe that anymore.
With an insulated life, the nation’s politicians are rarely in the uncomfortable position Sen. Jeff Flake and his handlers were put in this morning after he said he’d vote to approve the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh as a U.S. Supreme Court justice.
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Ridgewater College began the season with 54 players but it’s down to 22 now. Read more →
Once chocolate no longer tastes good to you, what’s the point of living? Read more →
One of the worst things about Instagram is it’s impossible not to see the attached comments. Read more →
Maybe France is on to something. It’s just convicted a man under a new law criminalizing lewd and insulting comments to women, the reports. Read more →
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What makes the Cubs and Cubs fans distinctive? Nothing. That all disappeared with a World Series victory.
So it was up to a rat to bring that old vibe back to Wrigley Field last night and give the fans something new to cheer for. Read more →
Jared Hensley may have been unqualified for a career in theology, so he ended up as an athletic director at a Tennessee high school, which also appears to be on thin ice now. Read more →
Members of the journalism community probably won’t take Christine Blasey Ford’s clear invitation to examine how they report on the survivors of sexual assault. Read more →
The chances are pretty good that just down the street from you right now, there is incredible drama taking place, none of which we can tell you about on the news. Joy, tragedy, people going above and beyond to help someone they may not have known a day or two ago, and grace — so much grace. Read more →
It flew into the grill of a car — or the car flew into it, depending on your allegiances — in southern Trempealeau County over the weekend and the driver didn’t bother stopping, figuring it was dead. He planned to deal with the carcass in the light of the next morning if he had to. The owl, however, was still alive. Read more →
Tiger Woods is back and so are the duffers playing courses in Minnesota, apparently. Coincidence? Probably. But it’s indisputable that Woods did for golf in the ’90s what President Truman did for the hat. When his career collapsed, so did a lot of golf courses.
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