Bob Collins
The University of Detroit Jesuit High School is providing homeless veterans something that the rest of the nation has refused to provide: a little respect. Unfortunately, they have to die to get it. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Economy
Gary Knell, the former boss of NPR who abruptly quit in 2013 because of an offer he couldn’t refuse from National Geographic, might have set a new standard for clumsy layoff announcements.
National Geographic is in the process of gutting its staff now that it’s in the clutches of one Rupert Murdoch.
The layoffs are underway today. Read more →
This won’t be the end of the discussion about what makes millennials different, but perhaps it should. A CNBC poll finds that, at least when it comes to work, millennials aren’t much different, and there they are different, it’s all to the good. Read more →
If you live in a metropolitan area, there’s a pretty fair chance that you’ll pull up to an intersection today and a homeless person will be standing there with a cardboard sign.
You might throw a few bucks his/her way, but probably not. More likely, you’ll try to avoid eye contact, and feel fairly miserable in the process.
There’s an alternative. Read more →
Quiz time.
It’s a company that has operations all over the country.
It’s already doing business locally.
Who is it? Read more →
If your city-owned liquor store is the only thing standing between you and becoming a ghost town, aren’t you already one?
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Contrary to what you may have heard, it’s a bad time to be nearing retirement, at least if you’re looking for work. Read more →
The Sunday night dread is partly the fault of worker-bees, trying to get a head start on the week. Part of it is the dawn of ‘Internet time.’
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We might suggest that the Star Tribune commentary on student loan debt perfectly shows why courses on personal finance might not be a bad idea in high school.
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The mayor of Edina says taxes are going up in his community because people aren’t buying as much booze at the city’s liquor store. Read more →
A single-parent, nursing student writes in a commentary today that the Strib ignored a huge side of the debate: hers. Read more →
Do people buy more expensive grades of gasoline when the price of gasoline drops? Read more →
A mining company based in Cleveland is threatening to throw more people out of work on the Iron Range if a mining company based in India opens up a taconite plant in Nashwauk. There’s your global economy in one sentence that seems to ignore the actual people who live on the Iron Range. Read more →
If it becomes law, it’ll be over the strident objection of the Star Tribune, which ran a lengthy editorial today against the city’s involvement in private business. That’s a notable adversary, considering the generally left-leaning principles of the editorial board. Read more →
Lies, damned lies and statistics. Once a month, Benjamin Disraeli’s characterization of the power of numbers is on display when economists release unemployment figures. Read more →