Bob CollinsYou know the type. You reach out your hand, grab the one extended to you and give it a firm shake, only to be met with the limp fish version.
Now a study suggests you’re shaking hands with a dead man walking.
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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Somewhat quietly, Washington County has acknowledged that you don’t have to believe in God to marry two people.
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Two news stories today are requiring a fine microscope to find logic.
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For a man with a Texas accent, Johnny Gimble sure screamed ‘Minnesota’ to a lot of people.
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I’ll be with you in a moment, I’m just checking ‘post a Prince concert without getting served with a court order’ off my bucket list. Read more →
Have we seen the last of Janel McCarville, the Stevens Point, Wis., native who starred at the University of Minnesota and eventually made her way home to the Minnesota Lynx? Read more →
It’s not often one of the gods — perhaps the god — of public radio has to answer the critics in public radio, but that’s the territory Ira Glass of This American Life has found himself in the last week or so.
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Delta CEO Richard Anderson, a familiar face in these parts because of his tenure at Northwest Airlines, declared today that airline fees are here to stay because you want them.
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A Fargo second-hand store owner isn’t happy about those people next door. Read more →
Not answering questions can be a long-term land mine for a political candidate, but only if she’s not answering good questions. Read more →
In the world of pets, is ‘finders keepers’ an acceptable rule?
Courtney Amos, a Mayo High School senior in Rochester, doesn’t believe so but the people who found her cat of 11 years — Whiskers — disagree.
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You’re on the Amtrak train that careens off the tracks in Philadelphia. People are hurt. You don’t know the extent to the existing danger. What do you do?
If you’re former congressman Patrick Murphy, you pull out the smartphone and start tweeting. Read more →
Over the years, NewsCut has had pretty good luck reuniting the far-flung debris from a tornado with rightful owners.
Maybe we can pull it off again. Read more →
The New England Patriots said science proves they didn’t deflate footballs during the AFC Championship game. As it turns out, science comes close to proving they did. Read more →
The Pew Research Center issued a stunning new study on religion in America today showing most major organized Christian faiths in decline. And it’s not just among young people; the decline occurs across the age groups, according to Pew. Read more →