Bob Collins
Another episode of Serial popped up in the podcast directory today. There’s only one left in the inaugural season of the podcast, which has redefined the standards by which all future podcasts are judged. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
This is way better than dumping ice water on your head.
The Grand Forks Herald staff recently tried lutefisk the infamous Norwegian dish that makes any reasonable person wonder where Norwegieans went wrong, exactly. Read more →
Minneapolis residents confronted the Minneapolis City Council last night over that body’s previous cuts to energy and racial equity programs.
It was democracy in action. Or it was insulting. It depends on whom you ask. Read more →
Cindi Grady’s 2002 Hyundai was in bad shape, what with the shattered passenger side window, the driver’s side window that wouldn’t go up, the damaged hood that was fastened down with somebody’s belt, and the bent frame that made it drive like a crab. Read more →
When it comes to human behavior and the economy, everything old is new again. Read more →
It’s the biggest scandal since Tom the chauffeur knocked up a Crowley. Read more →
High school sports can be a great teacher. In Oklahoma the lesson for the kids is ‘become a lawyer; there’s plenty of work.’ Read more →
A woman in Fargo is being accused of using the old syringe-in-your-bed trick. Read more →
If you haven’t finished your Christmas shopping yet, might we suggest you speed through the streets of Lowell, Michigan (east of Grand Rapids) — maybe have a car with illegally tinted windows to increase your odds of being stopped by the cops. Read more →
Boom! Take that, cyncical politicians who vilified the people who actually did something to help people this year. Read more →
Tough hockey or cheap shot? Minnesota Wild defenseman Keith Ballard appeared to suffer a seizure of some sort after he was checked last night by New York Islander forward Matt Martin.
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Kwame Ajamu didn’t kill anybody. But he spent 27 years in prison for murder anyway. Read more →
Someone in America thinks Hallmark is secretly embracing Nazis and Hallmark is too skittish too just say, ‘”sometimes intersecting lines are simply intersecting lines.’ Read more →
Every year, the Salvation Army red kettles turn up all sorts of interesting “contributions.” In these parts, someone regularly drops in thousands of dollars, and occasionally the gold coin.
This contribution, made in Massachusetts, might be the most poignant ever. Read more →
In its intention to right the wrongs against the returning Vietnam veteran in the ’70s, has the country gone overboard in saluting the soldier in 2014? Read more →