Canadian filmmaker Omar Albach took to the streets of Hamilton, Ontario — hometown of the soldier who was shot to death last week in Ottawa — to conduct what he says was a ‘social experiment’ in which a white man appeared to confront a Muslim man. Read more →
A woman walked around New York City for 10 hours and filmed every catcall she received. Read more →
Steve Neuman, who might or might not work for Minnesota Public Radio, tweeted an idea to DeRusha this morning, right after WCCO’s ‘four things you need to know’ segment, which usually features things you really don’t need to know. Read more →
Which is worse: Forgetting the words to the National Anthem or giving it a new and different interpretation?
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Fact: Football has the ratings, hockey has the excitement, basketball has the showbiz, soccer has the …. well, I don’t really understand what soccer has…. but nothing can whip up a community like a city in the throes of a World Series. Read more →
The Hobbit is still a thing in New Zealand where Air New Zealand has just debuted another safety video designed to get its passengers to look up from their smartphones during the pre-flight briefing.
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There’s a new boss in charge of programming for Minnesota Public Radio News.
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Looking at it in hindsight, ABC’s decision to move an episode — Crime and Punishment — of its sitcom, ‘Blackish’, because it was scheduled to run too soon after Adrian Peterson was charged with beating his son in the name of discipline seems misplaced. Read more →
Amtrak couldn’t have hoped for a more sanitized depiction of riding the beleaguered Empire Builder than they got this morning from CBS News as a result of its invitation to give a free ride to two dozen writers in exchange for their prose. Read more →
The Twin Cities provides the backdrop for a music video unveiled this week by the website, Soul Pancake, in which a Tampa singer, Matt Hires, sings to support the local Ronald McDonald House. Read more →
NPR executives ordered staff to stop using the name except when referring to the controversy over it with the Washington Redskins. It’s safe to say that it’s unlike the word would’ve come up in any other context on a network like NPR, but the concession is yet another indication that its continued use is occurring on borrowed time.
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Details are fast emerging on the Internet today of a vicious battle between opposing forces in Korea last week Read more →
George Smilanich of Hibbing has a lot of stories to tell about his three years driving a tank in World War II. But, not surprisingly, he doesn’t like telling them. That includes the one about how he earned the Bronze Star when he pulled a commander from a burning tank or about how he almost lost his feet to frostbite.
If you’re Brad Pitt, however, he’ll tell you, KARE 11 reports.
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Jay Cooke State Park, when most of the leaves have fallen.
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In an interview with Oprah Winfrey this week, actress Raven Symonè started a meaningful national dialogue when said she doesn’t like labels and she considers herself “American, not African American.”
From the moment she said it, there was a fair chance she’d be misunderstood. And she was. Read more →
Bob Collins