Bob CollinsThere’s so much more to the recently-concluded Minnesota State High School hockey tournament than hockey hair, and couple of filmmakers have perfectly captured the essence of late winter in the state of hockey. Read more →
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Times are apparently pretty good in Charlton, Mass., a small town in south central Massachusetts where a roving band of rappers is scaring kids. Read more →
Around Grand Forks, Marilyn Hagerty’s sister, Shirley, was almost as famous as the Grand Forks Herald’s writer herself. Read more →
Yesterday wasn’t the first time that ‘Hamilton’ star Lin-Manuel Miranda rapped at the White House. He appeared there six years ago for a performance.
But yesterday was the first time the president of the United States was his sidekick in a freestyle rap in the Rose Garden. Read more →
NPR is about to unveil a new podcast and with any luck, it will change the too-earnest, too dispassionate culture of traditional public radio storytelling. Read more →
He says he hopes he can make a difference, too, by providing a Minnesota perspective to his national column.
That could be the most important part of his decision to live the good life in Minnesota.
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Richard Lays, a candidate for city council in Grand Forks, is apologizing for Facebook posts which included his declaration that he hates living in Grand Forks. Read more →
Generally speaking, public radio listeners break down into one of two groups: those who are cool with Garrison Keillor singing and those who consider it fingernails on a chalkboard.
Both groups, however, are likely united with a touching moment Saturday in Milwaukee, from where A Prairie Home Companion originated.
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Louella Mae Snider provided the soundtrack for one of the best bars in America. Read more →
Windham, who died last night, was as good a person character-wise as you’ll ever find in a newsroom as evidenced by his work with young people, with whom he led overseas mission trips. Read more →
All politics aside, if that’s even remotely possible anymore, can we at least agree that the White House concerts over the last eight years have outclassed all previous administrations?
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What with the news being what it is and all, it’s entirely too easy to lose faith in the utter awesomeness of humanity, but this doughnut, placed on the grave of comedian Mitch Hedberg in Roseville this week is a testament that we’ve got a little life left in us yet. Read more →
Enjoy the annual runway collection of garments that you’ll never find on the rack at Target, but over which people will ogle and applaud, and never, ever see again. Read more →
It is the season of departures in one fashion or another, which leads me to recommend a couple of essays today on matters of life. Read more →
If you’re a regular listener to MPR News, you probably noticed a disturbance in the force of public radio, whose fans tend to like to have things just where they were the day before.
It involved one word: “Live”, and boy did the bosses at NPR hear about it.
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