Bob Collins
It’s not Christmas until David Sedaris’ Santaland Diaries plays on NPR’s Morning Edition.
Today was that day. For the 25th straight year.
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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Here are the topics and guests you’ll hear today on MPR News. Read more →
You look like you could use a reminder that what you hear on the news isn’t all there is to real life. So, here.
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For some time now, prosecutors who are trying to stop the practice of ‘sexting’ — sending explicit photographs to someone else — have warned teenagers that they could be prosecuted for distributing child pornography. Now there’s a case in Rice County that involves exactly that. Read more →
Bud Minerich, 93, died on Monday. But not before he got to hear from his father, who had left behind a composition that Bud had never heard until this month. Read more →
If you see the words Marilyn Hagerty, you know you’re about to get a quality restaurant review, and the Grand Forks Herald legend did not disappoint with this week’s assessment of the new Chick-fil-A. Read more →
All those men who’ve chosen to ignore science in recent years have suddenly decided it’s not such a bad thing now that it’s declared that they’re suffering more than women when it comes to the flu. Read more →
If you’ve ever had a good dog, you can probably understand what makes Bill Vagts tick.
Vagts jumped on a black bear in the woods near Isabella, Minn., on Tuesday and wrestled it until it let go of Darla, his 30-pound corgi. Read more →
Here’s a list of the topics and guests scheduled today on Minnesota Public Radio News. Read more →
On Thursday morning on MPR News with Kerri Miller, Jana Shortal is hosting a discussion on changing hypermasculinity. The NewsCut is audience is invited to help out by joining in. Let’s talk. Read more →
Judging by the track of the final flight of Delta’s passenger 747s into Minneapolis St. Paul on Wednesday afternoon, it must have been a breathtaking moment to witness. Read more →
The Christmas snobs are needle-shaming a poor tree in Rome. Read more →
Here’s a photograph that probably wouldn’t have been possible just a few decades ago. A cougar out for a midnight stroll on the Minnesota/Wisconsin border. Read more →
Bootstrap Comrades, an organization in Sauk Center that helps veterans, had pretty much run out of money to buy toys for veterans’ families for Christmas, but volunteer Julie Peterson knows the power of social media when harnessed for good.
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If more people in Minnesota knew how to have a good time without getting drunk, maybe the ginormous holiday light display in Minnetrista would still be lit. Read more →