Bob Collins
Like NPR before it, WNYC’s news staff didn’t pull punches in its coverage today, suggesting that John Hockenberry was given the option to leave The Takeaway quietly in exchange for keep all the reasons quiet.
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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Millennials and veterans: What would it take to get you to move to Wisconsin? Read more →
Sawyer Stevens wants to use the money to go to medical school and become a pediatric neurosurgeon.
Because of his own experience on a bus one afternoon in Cottonwood, Minn., he someday might save some other kid’s life. Read more →
When the tax is up for debate every few years, supporters almost always invoke the family farm. Who would possibly be against the family farm and the poor widow who has to sell because she can’t pay a tax bill?
Who would have to sell the family farm? Almost nobody in the farm state of Iowa, the newspaper reports. Read more →
Here’s a list of topics and guests today on MPR News programming. Read more →
Isn’t this pretty much a metaphor for Detroit?
They tried to blow up the ancient Pontiac Silverdome this morning. They had one job. Read more →
The passing of the generational torch is often uncomfortable, but Garrison Keillor’s rapid exit from the stage when Minnesota Public Radio cut business ties with the man who built the operation is going to leave wounds beyond the allegations leveled against him. Read more →
You probably know how the routine goes if you’ve ever been in the coffee roasting business. You throw the beans in the roaster, get ready to turn on the heat, and remove the Snowy Owl that’s looking back at you from inside the cooling the vent where the bean chaff is collected.
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LeRoy Luitjens and Helmer Haakenson had a bittersweet sip or two as the last two members of Luverne’s Last Man Club opened a ceremonial bottle of bourbon.
Mr. Luitjens died on Sunday. Read more →
He’s lost the Daily Show’s Trevor Noah, who, on last night’s broadcast, inspected Franken’s assertions that if he grabbed women during the many photographs he’s taken with them over the years, it was accidental contact.
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What we have learned from the spate of sexual allegations this week is this: they do not make us introspective. Perhaps it will take time for the shock of them to dissipate and take the worthlessness of visceral reactions with them. The problem is it’s the shock of them that provides the opportunity for progress. Read more →
Here’s the topics and guests on MPR News programming today. Read more →
Solve this photo mystery
You can be a reporter or you can be an employee. But when the story is within your company, you can’t be both. Read more →
This is Max. He’s 25 years old. Mentally, he’s about 5 years old, his sister wrote this week. Read more →