Bob CollinsIt’s been quite awhile since we heard from Royce White, the former Mr. Basketball in Minnesota who was the first person drafted into the NBA after publicly acknowledging he suffers from mental illness before wearing out his welcome in Houston.
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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Health
The European Court of Justice today ruled that obesity is a disability, a ruling which could mean employers have to treat those obese workers as disabled. It ruled in the case of Karsten Kaltoft, who was fired for his size. His employer said the child care worker was so fat he needed help to tie children’s shoe laces. Read more →
We already knew that Marine on St. Croix might be Minnesota’s most wonderfully quirky Minnesota town, but Jana Shortal’s KARE 11 report last night on how it’s responded to a woman with cancer provides additional proof. Read more →
Another area businesses has prevailed in its refusal to cover contraceptive costs in its health-care plan because of the owners’ religious beliefs. Read more →
Boom! Take that, cyncical politicians who vilified the people who actually did something to help people this year. Read more →
WCCO is trying to raise some money today for the Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge, and with good reason: Insurance companies call the shots on treatment programs. Read more →
Steve McKee has died, about a year after he was told he had months to live. Read more →
By all accounts, Jerry Kill is far too nice of a guy to say what must be said to the dunderheads in Minnesota who last year declared someone with an illness can’t be a college football coach. Read more →
NPR’s national audience got a chance today to meet Nora Purmort, who has become well known in the Twin Cities now because of her chronicling of her and her husband’s life since his cancer diagnosis.
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Today’s Story Corps segment from NPR provides that unusual blend of sweetness and horror.
Horror over the way we treat people we profess to love. Sweetness from the strangers who take our place. Read more →
Lauren Hill, the basketball player who won hearts in the face of a pending death because of cancer, has entered hospice care, ESPN reports. Read more →
NPR Morning Edition’s report this morning is a bit of an eye-opener, especially if you — like me — experience mass transit vicariously, through the tweets of people relaying their thoughts about the apparently-unsavory characters who ride the bus or train with them. Read more →
Not at all surprisingly, the obituary appearing in the Star Tribune today for Aaron Purmort, whose ‘crimefighting’ has been well documented on his wife’s blog, is nothing short of perfect.
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There’s no NewsCut today. But there is a dog who makes motorcycle engine noises. Read more →
A pro-life website callously uses a dying local man to judge a dead woman. Read more →