Bob CollinsThere are times when one has to step back and be thankful that one is at the top of the food chain. Nature is cruel to everyone else, as photographer Dan Nystedt found when he was out filming the pretty part. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Two Republican congressmen from Minnesota voted against a hurricane relief package for Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Rep. Tom Emmer’s “no” vote mirrored one he cast against hurricane relief for Texas in September. Rep. Jason Lewis voted for that plan but rejected aid to Puerto Rico. Read more →
The death toll in Puerto Rico is now up to 45. The territory is on its own. The least the rest of us can do is watch the suffering news organizations are documenting. Read more →
Here’s your daily dose of bittersweetness, courtesy of the PBS NewsHour series segment, ‘Brief, but Spectacular.’
In last evening’s episode, series creator Goldbloom talks with his grandfather, Richard, 92, who is losing his memory. Read more →
It’s been 10 years since Claire Longmoor, of Nottingham, England wrote up a test for her math students.
It was nothing particularly difficult. Read more →
Where is the line between youthful pranks and criminal behavior?
Let the Jordan, Minn., police department be your guide. Read more →
The Weinstein story will pass. People will move on to new ways to have an old debate. The workplace for women will still be a horror show. Read more →
State and county officials in Minnesota and North Dakota have issued their reply to a Fargo Forum editorial calling for a more open process when discussing the $2.2 billion flood diversion project on the Red River. They kicked a reporter out of a meeting yesterday, the Fargo Forum reports. Read more →
The vision of high-paying jobs building airplanes was too tantalizing for public officials and now they’re paying the price.
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A divided Minnesota Supreme Court Wednesday upheld a waiter’s court victory over the restaurant owner who fired him because he wouldn’t share his tips with bussers. Read more →
The organizers of a plan to build a huge ice palace in St. Paul in a bid to get Super Bowl visitors to this side of town have thrown in the towel.
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If you can spare 3 1/2 minutes, there are worse ways to spend it than watching last evening’s PBS NewsHour segment on a group of swimming instructors in Lesbos, Greece who are teaching refugees another perspective of their enemy: water. Read more →
Mike Rippey sifted through the rubble of what’s left of his parents’ home yesterday, looking for something of value. But the value therein is already gone. Read more →
Is there a good reason why a boy shouldn’t be allowed to dance on the girl’s team? Maybe, if it denies a spot to Superior High School girls and they’re denied the athletic opportunities that boys have.
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The drone video of Santa Rosa, Cal., the town wiped out by wildfires this week, includes this bit of absurdity: the mail is still being delivered. Read more →