Bob Collins
Are we going to live our lives or duck-and-cover because of the threat of terrorism? You often can’t do both, and a developing controversy over a bit of technology today shows why.
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Still, we we’re shocked — shocked — to read today in the Rochester Post Bulletin that one of our favorite spots in all of Minnesota is not a lake at all.
The risks you take that you know have a high chance of misfortune, but you take them anyway. Confess here.
The fight for the soul of Somalia, Donald Duck’s politics, how to stop teen suicide, whistling by the Twins’ graveyard, and the high price of coffee.
The river is above flood stage with a wicked current, which tow-boat captains are masterfully conquering.
Carving a niche in Wabasha
The current prediction is a 17.3-foot crest, more than a foot below the prediction of two days ago and nearly a foot-and-a-half lower than the prediction at the start of the week.
A shudder went through the Minnesota Public Radio newsroom yesterday afternoon: Garrison Keillor went all DFL. Again.
Whale snot and the scientist, the power of 1 and 2, leaf peeping in Minnesota, the debt of World War I, and Jim Thome in song.
The Mississippi River in St. Paul has risen two feet in the last 24 hours, though its effect in downtown St. Paul is minimal.
You are your license plate