Bob Collins
The Minnesota Lynx lost last night in the absurd one-game playoff that constitutes the opening round of the WNBA, and it feels like the end of a good book. Read more →
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Circuses are dead or dying. The company that makes Animal Crackers would rather not follow suit. Read more →
Someday, an alien civilization will land on a dusty planet and find a picture like this and conclude that the planet’s demise was likely due to the insane people who waged wars. Read more →
Here’s a tip learned the hard way: Get your name on your elderly parents’ bank accounts. Read more →
Track and cross country coach Joanna Warmington quit on Monday and went out firing against an investigation into her conduct by the university Read more →
One in 3 U.S. high school seniors did not read a book for pleasure in 2016. In the same time period, 82 percent of 12th-graders visited sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram every day.
So what? Read more →
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Michael Barone’s radio career was launched when Garrison Keillor, who did the KSJR morning show, floated down the Mississippi River while recording artists. When the tapes back to the station didn’t arrive on time, Barone got his shot. He’s been on MPR ever since. Read more →
Kids from Erasmus Sophia Children’s Hospital in Rotterdam were invited to watch the soccer game between Feyenoord and Excelsior on Sunday.
It was a nice time for the kids who got to stand on the pitch with their favorite players before the game started. Read more →
In Stillwater, the downtown is busier than ever now that the new bridge in Bayport is open, removing the nightmare traffic that clogged downtown. Read more →
There isn’t anything in America anymore that can’t be turned into a billboard. Now 3M has upped the game, turning its Maplewood headquarters into a billboard, using the same product it makes that wraps light-rail cars, for example, into rolling ads. Read more →
If Sister Mary Sobieck, who threw out the first pitch at Saturday’s Chicago White Sox game, looks familiar to you, you’re probably an old-time Northlander. Read more →
It’s hard to figure out who the bad person here that everyone seems to be aghast at. Everyone may not want to be looking at all the new houses, but everyone seems to be buying them. Read more →
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