Bob Collins
Back in my ancestral homeland, which also happens to be Arlo Guthrie’s neck of the woods, the full playing of Alice’s Restaurant was a Thanksgiving tradition. Read more →
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Arts & Culture
Good news! Minnesotans have been validated. Read more →
Budweiser reportedly is dumping the iconic Clydesdales in favor of zombies, something that millenials can relate to, apparently.
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Steve Hartman usually provides a generous helping of sweetness in his On the Road series, but Friday’s piece comes with a side of serious contemplation over the messages kids learn and where they learn them from.
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Thanksgiving provides an opportunity to consider immigration.
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Well before the sexual assault allegations against Bill Cosby took root in public discussion after years of claims to which few paid attention, a group of Twin Cities comics had plenty of reason for putting together this weekend’s comedy benefit for the Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault. Read more →
Meet Kelly McCarthy, who’s behind the funny tweets from Lino Lakes. Read more →
O, Canada, you are too cool. Read more →
Bill Cosby can’t seem to stop revealing the real Bill Cosby.
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He directed “The Graduate,” “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and other great films, but his iconic role in American entertainment was as a comedian. Read more →
While appearing to be somewhat contrite, the New York Times writer responsible for the great grape-salad scandal of Thanksgiving 2014 isn’t backing away. Read more →
Minnesota is upset — outraged, if you will — over this article in the New York Times. Read more →
The clocks changed this morning because people listen to radio differently now. NPR’s national newscasts are more frequent now Read more →
Matt Taylor made the mistake of wearing a shirt showing women in bondage when he took part in a briefing on the Rosetta mission, which this week landed a spacecraft on a comet.
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Eric Ringham
Jack Reuler is frustrated to the point of incoherence because he can’t get police or anyone else to listen to him about an abduction he witnessed. Read more →