Harold Camping has died. He gave us this billboard in NE Minneapolis a few years ago. Camping said he had a mathematical formula for determining the end of days but he never shared it, only the result, which, as you probably have figured out, was wrong. When the world didn’t end in May 2011, he Read more →
As the housing crisis eases, have we learned anything? Read more →
The older we get, the greater our chances of being the grateful rather than the hero.
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More on the scene of a homicide in north Minneapolis in which the blood and remains weren’t cleaned up Read more →
The Wright Brothers flew for the first time 110 years ago today. Read more →
‘A story about what’s right when we spend too much time writing about what’s wrong’ (5×8 – 12/17/13)The joy of a mentor, the end of programs to feed hungry seniors, in search of the right Christmas kettle, thoughts on football while waiting for baseball, and the bounty hunter at work. Read more →
An unreasonable search of your phone, the Methodist minister who believes in gay rights and won’t go quietly, The Diocese of Winona lists 14 priests accused of sexually abusing minors, the stupidest political tweet ever, and what Dick Nixon has to do with Minnesota weather. Read more →
At least for now, the mass collection of phone records is an unreasonable search under the Constitution, federal judge Richard Leon ruled today. He granted a preliminary injunction sought by two men — Larry Klayman and Charles Strange — saying they were likely to prevail in their constitutional challenge. But he stayed the injunction pending Read more →
Atlanta Braves executives are touring ballparks around the country, searching for ideas to incorporate into their new ballpark.
Today they hit the Twin Cities and got a Minnesota “howdy” from the Twins. Read more →
Whoever makes the final decision on who will next head NPR has a problem. The media landscape is changing and public radio, in particular, is in no position to think itself isolated from the market forces that are eating away at legacy media. But public radio is also a culture and the people in it don’t like any tinkering with the culture. Read more →
When facts don’t matter in public policy, NPR Morning Edition anchor feels the heat over timid Snowden comments, a ride on the Central Corridor light-rail line, Moorhead woman is repaid for honesty, and the mysterious TV ad from a Sioux Falls lawyer. Read more →
The Vikings break new ground, the U.S. House passes a gun ban, a judge who sentenced a rapist to 30 days in jail tries to keep his job, and a thoughtful conversation on how we relate to our families, spurred by the post earlier today about David Sedaris and the sister who took her own life. Read more →
It is, perhaps, comforting to know that some recent stories depicting the very worst that humans can be, have turned out to be fake.
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The image of David Sedaris, the author and humorist, is taking a significant hit this week as the result of his October New Yorker article about the suicide of his sister. Read more →
If you want to be a hockey star, you can’t be too hung up on little things like family. There are hockey factories, like Shattuck-St. Mary’s. But for the most part, kids have to play junior hockey in small towns across America and have to depend on other families for their families. Grantland today looks Read more →
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