Bob Collins
Oh, let he who has not fit the entire contents of a small office into the back of a too-small pickup truck cast the first stone. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
It’s pretty unusual to see an opinion coming from the hallowed halls of NPR, so it’s a little surprising to see Scott Detrow, NPR’s congressional correspondent, conveying an opinion on the brouhaha over Sarah Huckabee being asked to leave a restaurant in Virginia the other day, even if he’s right. Read more →
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Around the time that Sputnik, the first Soviet satellite, sent the U.S. into a panic in 1960, the country began testing the aptitude of 440,000 students for the first time, with the results being sent to high school guidance counselors. The survey is still reaping dividends. Read more →
Brandon Truhlicka, of Fargo, apparently took his own life last Thursday and his family wasn’t afraid to talk about it, penning an obituary that appeared in area papers today. Read more →
The Washington Post says a library association voted Saturday to remove her name because of this passage in the opening chapter of “Little House on the Prairie.” Read more →
Who’s an ugly dog? Not you, Zsa Zsa. No, you aren’t. Oh, no, you aren’t.
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The old saying is ‘any landing you walk away from is a good landing’ but this is about as close as anyone can get to dying in an airplane while still walking away. Read more →
Thanks to the trade war that was ostensibly intended to preserve and create American jobs, some American workers will lose theirs. Read more →
Times are good. Unemployment is low. People are buying big SUVs and trucks and driving fast. New homeowners are buying houses for more than the asking price.
What if it’s about to all come crashing down again? Read more →
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Let’s end the week on a nice note. Literally. Read more →
In the first decade of this century, music festivals exploded. Announce a date and an outdoor venue, throw some artists in and, voila! Success. Those days are over. Read more →
There was nothing like the Holocaust, which is why a project that made its debut this month on the internet is so important.
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Indignant Minnesotan, the hilarious Twitter account that demands adherence to the notion that we’re #1 in everything, will need a defibrillator today. Rolling Stone is out with its assessment of Duluth, following this week’s appearance there by the president.
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