Bob CollinsCan Wisconsin employers be a little more supportive of employees who are willing to give a little piece of themselves to save someone else’s life?
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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
The U.S. has been at war so long you’d think people would ‘get’ the whole ‘support our troops’ thing by now.
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We suspect there is no greater challenge of ‘toughness’ in Minnesota than the race that’s underway in northern Minnesota at this hour.
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Shaquille O’Neal has a heart as big as he is. Read more →
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, in a typical condescending dissent of the majority, nonetheless raises some good questions in his dissent today of the court’s decision to apply a ban on life terms for juveniles retroactively. Read more →
Take note, people who demonstrate and disrupt government meetings. You don’t have a free speech right to do so, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled today.
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Sure, the airports were closed, people who didn’t pay attention to the forecast got stuck for 24 hours on a highway, and nobody in the neighborhoods of New York has a prayer of getting their cars unstuck today.
But, the East Coasters are having fun with winter. Read more →
A lot of school boards across the country have student representatives to provide the perspective of the students. Fargo’s is dead set against the idea, the Fargo Forum reports today.
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‘The Northwest Suburban Basketball League has decided RAYBA does not fit into the league. The main reason they made this decision is because other teams do not want to play RAYBA due to the skill level,’ a letter to parents and coaches said. Read more →
Tim Harris is the only restaurant owner in the country with Down Syndrome. But he’s given it up for love. Read more →
If you squint, perhaps, the picture underneath Mayor Chris Coleman’s welcome to St. Paul in the program of the national figure skating championships looks like St. Paul from Harriet Island. And the bridge could easily be mistaken for the Wabasha Street Bridge.
Squint a little more, you’ll see it. More. Read more →
Someone called the cops in Gainesville, Florida the other day and complained that kids were making a racket while playing basketball in the street.
You can probably figure what happened next. Read more →
How long would we last if there were actually real disruption and chaos? Read more →
What’s so great about a big blue chicken? Read more →
If you ever wanted to see a great example of how a dedicated editorial writer can provide community leadership, look no further than the West Central Tribune, which has given an elderly bigot the ‘what for’ because of a Facebook post. Read more →