Bob Collins
All across Minnesota, rural grocery stores are holding out against the choices people make. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Only in the presidential campaign of 2016 would we we be analyzing the handwriting of Pete Rose to fact-check a candidate’s claim. Read more →
If the Rev. Amy Kosari didn’t know somebody who knew somebody, a woman with limited English ability who was shot twice in the chest recently might still be isolated on the Mayo Clinic-St. Mary’s campus. Read more →
Around Grand Forks, Marilyn Hagerty’s sister, Shirley, was almost as famous as the Grand Forks Herald’s writer herself. Read more →
Meanness is in in America these days. And, slowly, so is the utter lack of sportsmanship by fans at high school basketball games. Read more →
Yesterday wasn’t the first time that ‘Hamilton’ star Lin-Manuel Miranda rapped at the White House. He appeared there six years ago for a performance.
But yesterday was the first time the president of the United States was his sidekick in a freestyle rap in the Rose Garden. Read more →
It’s not unusual on a warm day to see kids set up a lemonade stand to make a couple of bucks. But these Minneapolis kids wanted to buy a house, or more specifically help a neighbor keep hers.
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A year ago, when Willmar, Minn., was sending layoff notices to all non-tenured teachers, I asked those in the profession, ‘why do you bother?’
It’s a good time to ask the same question because this afternoon, the school board is likely to do the same thing. Read more →
Shelley Bramhoff Sikorski didn’t have a lot of time to get a picture to go viral before Facebook removed it. It was a Valentine’s card her gay son received at the Edmonton party goods store where he worked. A new manager took over recently and his hours, were cut. Read more →
It’s not a Pi Day (3.14) without a video from mathematician Vi Hart, who just hates Pi Day. Read more →
The state Senate this week will take up a bill that would strip communities of the right to ban the bags, after the state Assembly easily approved the bill. Read more →
One has to marvel at the ski industry’s ability to adapt to a warming region.
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For the second time in a month, NPR is distancing itself from some of the pioneer reporters who built the news organization.
NPR clarified that Cokie Roberts, who wrote an anti-Trump newspaper column, is not a full-time employee of the network and hasn’t been for a long time. She’s a commentator. Read more →
Nothing can kill church like its own history and relativity. Read more →
Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor has tried a few times to unload the team he saved from moving to New Orleans once, and the latest attempt appears to be fizzling. Read more →