Bob CollinsSadly, it’s not at all surprising that a newspaper’s editorial board, a newspaper that endorsed Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump, got death threats for its trouble.
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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
The occasional tales of sportsmanship on this blog are, indeed, heartwarming. But it must also be acknowledged that with every yin, there is often a yang.
Tyler Ohmann, of the Morrison County Record, found the yang at the homecoming football game in Royalton earlier this month when Upsala Swanville came calling. Read more →
Where does everyone go on Friday afternoon? Read more →
My hometown’s historic buildings are now a testament to an economy that longer works for people; Minneapolis’ disappearing history is a testament to an economy that does. Read more →
Jerry Howarth cannot bring himself to say “the Cleveland Indians.” He finds the team’s name and mascot insulting. Lots of people do. But lots of people aren’t the play-by-play voice of the Toronto Blue Jays, who open the American League Championship Series against the Cleveland Indians. Jerry Howarth is. Read more →
Bob Dylan probably doesn’t need the money that comes with winning a Nobel Prize and it’s a good thing. Like everything else, it doesn’t stretch as far as it once did, according to CNBC. Read more →
Tamika Cross, a doctor from Houston, could’ve helped a man who needed a doctor on a flight from Detroit to Houston. But she says the flight attendant aboard her flight didn’t believe she’s a doctor. Tamika is a woman. Tamika is African American.
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The Twitter account under the name of Will McAvoy, the fictitious anchor of a cable TV news network made popular by The Newsroom, offers some grist worth considering on the current political campaign. Read more →
Will Lager
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One of the brothers who started Cirrus Design, the aircraft company, years ago is using the template to start another aircraft company in Minnesota. Read more →
Donald Trump picked a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel and because of that the New York Times barely concealed its glee today when responding to the demand by Trump’s lawyers for a retraction of yesterday’s story that Trump groped two women. Read more →
It really can’t be that people don’t know the rules about stopping for buses, could it? The ‘stop’ sign would seem to be a clue on what driver’s need to do. Read more →
Even if you don’t agree with the award, you’ve got to celebrate the fact that in the middle of this cesspool of a political campaign, we’re having a debate about worthy literature.
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The Internet search is on for the San Francisco Giants fan who must be somebody, because he was wearing a World Series ring. Oh, and because he left a server in the bar outside Wrigley Field a tip for $5,000.
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A county judge in La Crosse has police seething over her order that when they testify in her courtroom, they can’t have their guns nor duty belts with them.
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