It’s not easy talking to grieving loved ones when someone dies and I’ve made a good living doing it. There’s not much you can say and it’s pretty easy to say either the wrong thing, or something that sounds insincere. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

There was a moment last night when baseball fans watching the World Series were reminded that baseball stadiums are basically studios for a TV production. What you see isn’t what’s really there. Read more →
As fewer people are likely to have access to health care for their illnesses in the future, we’d expect more discussion ahead about laws to allow patients to die with dignity with medical assistance despite the uncomfortable nature of the topic. Read more →
There wasn’t much a Green Bay cop could do to make things better other than what he says cops usually do.
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There’s little chance that Ken Stern, who once headed NPR as its CEO, actually knew much about the news process, the decisions, the writing, the political leanings of its staff, and maybe even the names of a large number of people who worked for him. Read more →
The word war between the campaign of St. Paul mayoral candidate Melvin Carter III and the city’s police union took its predictable next step today after the police union federation’s vice president made a campaign issue out of a break-in at Carter’s Summit-University home Read more →

We’ve always enjoyed watching our graphics design friends see things that we can’t; it’s what keeps them in business what with the freshness and newness of their messaging.
Does it make a difference? You decide. Read more →
The Los Angeles Dodgers are in the World Series for the first time in 29 years and, apparently, a lot of their fans and players are still living in the ’80s, when ‘she probably throws like a girl’ was a thing. Read more →
The City Council in Eau Claire has put an end to any breastfeeding during meetings. On a 7-to-1 vote yesterday, the council banned from the dais at City Hall children and anyone else not elected to be there. Read more →
If you can’t trust the Amazon delivery person inside your home, who can you trust, America? Read more →
Kids are being forced to give up multiple sports to concentrate on a single sport all year. They’re sent off to ‘camps’ to be better at their chosen or appointed sport, all the better to make the team. That’s not Linaes Whiting’s thing.
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A proposed ban on refugees in St. Cloud forces us to examine the question, ”what does it mean to say ‘welcome’ in Minnesota?” Read more →

When you hear Gary Rose tell his story, you wonder what took the U.S. so long. Read more →
Unless there’s a future announcement involving a significant reduction in fares, it’s hard to see how Sun Country Airlines’ new baggage fee policy does much more than encourage people not to fly Sun Country anymore.
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If there’s one thing we love in Minnesota, it’s being insulted and outraged and Pulitzer Prize winner David Fahrenthold of the Washington Post provided our reason for living today with this tweet promoting an appearance in Washington with Bob Woodward, who once did something big for the Post. Read more →