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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for September 2018
If you’re a big fan of consistency, happy Constitution Day, the day every year when we find out Americans are no smarter than they were a year ago when they proved — again — they haven’t got a clue about the document they’re quick to cite when asserting their presumed rights. Read more →
The South Dakota State Jackrabbits are playing defense, thanks to their 90-to-6 win over a pushover team. The team didn’t have much choice but to play the team on the schedule. Read more →
A Mounds View store will soon close, eliminating the last remaining retail store in Minnesota for the radio equipment. It’s the end of an era for a technology that doesn’t appeal much to a younger demographic. Read more →
It’s not terribly surprising to see all of the stories about abandoned dogs in the South, left to fend for themselves in Hurricane Florence by people who had weeks to prepare. Fortunately, there are decent people among them. Read more →
Here are the stories, topics, and guests you’ll hear today on MPR News. Read more →
Karla Hult, the KARE 11 journalist, provided the perfect description of the pain endured by caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s. Read more →
The Twins front office made a huge mistake decades ago not keeping franchise icon Harmon Killebrew with the team. It’s a mistake those running the 2018 Twins won’t make when it comes to Joe Mauer. Read more →
We admit to being shameless hurricane voyeurs, repeatedly clicking webcam images from the Outer Banks of North Carolina .
At this point, there’s little human activity on any of them. Just the ocean trying to wipe out any evidence of an allegedly advanced civilization. Read more →
We’re pigs. There’s no getting around it. It’s an art. Read more →
The reason we know what Hurricane Florence is doing, is because a small group of people got up this morning, as in previous mornings, and flew an airplane into it. Read more →
Maybe it’s time to stop building houses at the beach? Read more →
A local rock tribute band has been using blackface during the Prince portion of their shows. Nobody had a problem with it, a band member says. Until now. Read more →
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The only real way to survive a Minnesota winter is to embrace it and face it head-on. That was the beauty of the Art Shanty project, in which artists create spaces on a frozen lake somewhere and people who aren’t the type to get pushed around by the weather visit, each experience changing from one shanty to another.
We’re going to need a Plan B, however, because the organizers have announced they’ll take the coming winter off. Read more →