Bob CollinsJared Hensley may have been unqualified for a career in theology, so he ended up as an athletic director at a Tennessee high school, which also appears to be on thin ice now. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Members of the journalism community probably won’t take Christine Blasey Ford’s clear invitation to examine how they report on the survivors of sexual assault. Read more →
The chances are pretty good that just down the street from you right now, there is incredible drama taking place, none of which we can tell you about on the news. Joy, tragedy, people going above and beyond to help someone they may not have known a day or two ago, and grace — so much grace. Read more →
It flew into the grill of a car — or the car flew into it, depending on your allegiances — in southern Trempealeau County over the weekend and the driver didn’t bother stopping, figuring it was dead. He planned to deal with the carcass in the light of the next morning if he had to. The owl, however, was still alive. Read more →
Tiger Woods is back and so are the duffers playing courses in Minnesota, apparently. Coincidence? Probably. But it’s indisputable that Woods did for golf in the ’90s what President Truman did for the hat. When his career collapsed, so did a lot of golf courses.
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According to a new poll, only 28 percent of young voters say they’ll vote in midterm elections next month. Across all demographics, a little more than half say they’ll vote, so young people are pretty much booting the chance to have significant influence on an election. Again.
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She started curling when she was 25. But she gave up the sport after a year because being a nurse and raising two kids took much of her time. Twenty years ago, she — literally — picked up the sport again.
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Ingredients for youth soccer in Minnesota in late September: Kids with endless amounts of energy, a soccer field and a bunch of parents who pull their cars around so that the kids can see what they’re doing. Read more →
I’m not going to condemn Star Tribune Vikings beat writer Mark Craig for articulating his obvious ignorance about mental health issues; I’ve been there. And there’s value in everyone seeing the sort of dominant thinking that had led far too many of our friends and neighbors to give up when seeking help for their illness.
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It started when some of Sandra Sue Albrecht’s 11 children bought a headstone that their father, John Wendell Albrecht, 76, stole and put one he thought more appropriate in its place. His carried references from Revelations referring to the ‘fiery lake of burning sulfur.” Read more →
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If there’s an early hero in the still unfolding story of Everson Griffin, who appears to be suffering from significant mental health problems, it’s Minnetrista police officer Justin Thompson and his colleagues who appear to have enough knowledge about mental health issues to get him to a safe place. Read more →
If you’ve been trying to solve the Riemann hypothesis — and, really, who hasn’t? — you can stop now. A Scottish mathematician claims to have done it. It’s a 160-year-old math problem. Read more →
An employee at the Target store in Fridley is suing the company claiming her promotion was denied after she complained about sexual harassment, the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal is reporting. Read more →