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With apologies to the folks in Minot, that was a lot of water we got last night.
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Poverty and riots
Hart Van Denburg
David Cazares
Thirteen percent of American mobile phones users employ their devices for avoiding meatspace social contact, according to a new survey on how people use their phones from the Pew Internet and American Life Project. Surprised it’s not higher, actually. I’ve done this and I bet you have, too. “Cell phones can help prevent unwanted personal Read more →
Quite a few instances lately of world authorities blaming technology (or shutting it down) for conflict. The latest: Police in Essex, England have charged a man for using the BlackBerry Messenger service and Facebook to organize a mass water fight. From guardian.co.uk: The 20-year-old from Colchester was arrested on Friday after Essex police discovered the Read more →
Taking a vacation when there’s a war on
In Cannon Falls today, President Obama referenced a New York Times editorial by financier Warren Buffett to back his call for higher taxes on wealthy Americans.
PR battle for the face of a strike
Bob Collins
Steve Russell excels at proving Minnesota from a few hundred feet up is a breathtaking as anyplace.
Young men are under tremendous (self-imposed) pressure these days to propose to their girlfriends in ever-impressive ways.
Rising from the riots, Gavin goes clamming, the invisible artist, World War II reunion in Edina, and what if a comedian determined the next president.
Scott LeDoux, 1949-2011
Today in Oshkosh, a company test flew a jet it may offer as a kit to people who want to assemble it.
Social shaming