Bob CollinsThe truth? First-graders can’t handle the truth!
That’s why a New Jersey substitute teacher is out of a job. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for December 2018
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A moment at the Capitol Tuesday reminded us that no matter how powerful we become, time still calls the shots. Read more →
The disquieting and oft-mentioned statistic that 1 in every 7 Minnesotans has a DUI conviction on their record maybe has a bright side. Because they’ve been nabbed, maybe Minnesota is safer than other states. Read more →
Shane Paulsen, of Devil’s Lake, N.D., has been dreading Dec. 2. It was the one-year anniversary of the day he woke up to a gunshot at 7 a.m. His daughter, Madissen, 11, had taken her own life. A few weeks later, her best friend, also 11, took hers, too. Read more →
Opening a can of tuna is hard, the Wall St. Journal reported this week. Millennials can’t be bothered opening the can and draining the oil/water and then preparing the tuna. Just thinking about the process makes us want to take a nap; it’s all so exhausting.
That’s pretty much the best the Journal could come up with to explain why the sales of cans of tuna are dropping. Read more →
Ruth Graham, who writes for Slate, probably is a cat lover. Read more →
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And we’re off! Welcome to another season of people driving on thin ice and falling through.
Alexandria/Douglas County has raced off to the early lead with two incidents over the weekend. Read more →
Olimpia Warsaw, who has Parkinson’s disease and diabetes and has trouble communicating, flew from Detroit to Chicago for her ex-husband’s funeral. The flight was late, the airline lost her baggage, and she missed part of the service. Read more →
It was a year ago that the Christmas season delivered a big present to Guilherme Assunção, who was filmed singing a Christmas carol while he worked in a grocery store in Massachusetts.
Whatever happened to him?
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Back in the day, people wrote letters — letters! — to people they’d usually never met. Back and forth they’d go until, for one reason or another, the chain would stop and people would go about their lives. Read more →
The way people loved Bones, a homeless man, was a constant reminder of what we’re capable of.
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Flowers and hockey generally don’t go hand in hand. But the times demanded it for the West Fargo Sheyenne Mustang hockey team, which made a stop on the way to their game against the Red River Roughriders. Read more →