Bob CollinsWhen is it OK to penalize someone for their politics? The area school where students don’t study. What was your favorite BP moment? Combining an accelerator and brake pedal.
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Five by 8
Chlamydia and the Minnesota parent, pols and their relationship with their donors, swimming and climate change, are your gadgets the new diamonds, and people fight back against Pillsbury.
Eric Ringham
NY rep outburst; digital plagiarism and our failing generation?; oil update; Arizona escape; grilling recipes for the end of the summer
Pakistan doesn’t like the U.S.; Arizona’s immigration laws take effect; fix the oil spill for $1 million; man sues over dead unborn child; Wikileaks has blood on their hands
Lino Lakes is now English-only; Iraqi insurgents are stealing blood; Comic-Con attendee gets stabbed for sitting too close; Iowa dam break; stress relief from Lifehacker
1) To start off, I think we need to have a good laugh. Are these people for real?? Yup. Looks refreshing, at least. 2) The east coast experienced an intense heat wave over the weekend, making Blagojevich sweat even more. Maybe his lawyers should take a hint from all of these people. When commuter trains Read more →
A two-year investigation provides terrifying results, ground zero for raw milk, the political fallout from the oil spill, why do we listen to sad music when we’re sad, and the good and bad of athletes.
The end is near for a Mahnomen County hero, firefighters get the boot, wrestling and a vision for the future, how we’re connected to oysters in the Gulf, and the ‘interesting’ parachute attempt.
Why can’t Minneapolis catch a graffiti artist, songs from the Gulf, should you be required to vote, a pick of two weather extremes, and six ballparks in seven days.
Why do we love people who wave, the Microsoftization of Apple, your chance to throw decorated objects in the Mississippi, why headlines should never include the word ‘may’, and will we see the end of the loons in Minnesota?
A candidate fights back on the minimum wage issue, why is shoplifting increasing, Son of Sam gets a makeover, a Duluth cabbie rides with Taj Mahal, and how the tarmac delays aren’t working.
Why is our creativity declining, where is Minnesota’s money going, the man who can make people like something about the Yankees, interracial marriages, and the gorilla test revisited.
Your homesick stories, it’s fun again in Canby, big dreams in Lake Vermilion, anti-Obama posters in the workplace, and a tale of two dogs.
What the brouhaha over Tom Emmer and the minimum wage left out, an Olmsted County lawyer goes to Iraq so a friend doesn’t have to, baseball players are people too, should the gas tax be diverted for things other than roads and bridges, and the thin line between right and wrong.
Are big-money waiters and waitresses victimizing restaurant owners? Are we a region just barely hanging on? Or are we the next success story? How air conditioning built the Republican Party. Why people aren’t contributing to Gulf relief. And the real cost of buying a ticket to a baseball game.