Bob CollinsOn ABC’s ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live,’ renowned singer and songwriter Josh Groban releases his ‘highly anticipated’ album ‘Donald Trump Tweets.’ Read more →
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Politics
If you want to see a fine example of the shallow nature of political coverage, look no further than today’s New York Times Q&A with presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, in which a Times reporter tries to address gender issues by perpetuating the focus on a candidate’s appearance. Here’s the section: Do you think it’s fair Read more →
Rep. Pat Garofalo has tweeted his way into another controversy. Read more →
This is what our presidential campaign has come to. A Twitter fight. Read more →
In western Massachusetts, a town’s insistence that a treehouse for a young man with cerebral palsy cannot be built is running into a buzzsaw of pushback from neighbors who say it should be. Read more →
A private company is trying to get exclusive air rights from the Twin Cities to Rochester to build an elevated route. That apparently isn’t going very well and the newspaper says the company might turn to other parts of the country.
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Lake Mille Lacs is an important economic engine for Minnesota, which is why some state officials are pushing for a bailout of resorters in the wake of the DNR’s decision to halt walleye fishing this week.
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar is among several women getting some CBS News admiration today for straightening out the old-boy’s club — the Senate.
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A new book says the United States is really 11 different cultures, and until we know which we come from, we’re pretty much wasting our time trying to converse with each other. Read more →
The Sioux Falls Argus Leader reports the files confirm a rumor that McGovern fathered a child as a young man, before he was married in 1943. It’s the sort of thing that long-time FBI director J. Edgar Hoover could hold over a person’s head if he ever intended to run for office. Read more →
This picture of an African-American officer in South Carolina helping a white supremacist at a rally for the Confederate flag a couple of weeks ago had all kinds of symbolism to it. Read more →
It would be fascinating to take a look at the new stadium playbook the Minnesota United is using to get a new stadium for its Major League Soccer franchise.
The Pioneer Press’ Andy Greder, for one, has noticed that the United is approaching asking for public help in a different way than any of the big-three sports franchises in town used to extract taxpayer money for a venue.
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A man in Massachusetts might face felony charges because he did what the town dragged its feet on — repainting crosswalks. Read more →
Minneapolis is getting big points from Vox for its decision to end the requirement that off-street parking spaces be built for each unit in an apartment building.
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When it comes to reputation, Canada rules.
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