Bob Collins
The General Accounting Office today released a report saying consumers are having a difficult time shopping for airline fares, because the different fees make it tough to do so. The reality? It’s much worse than that.
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
It appears that Tom Emmer gubernatorial campaign is giving up on the minimum wage controversy, after it inexplicably kept it alive over the last week, even after it clearly was damaging the Republican politically.
Normally, predictions of severe weather have to be calculated to subtract the human tendency of weather experts to blow things out of proportion, but today feels different. Even without media, weather radios, and sirens, any trick knee will reveal that today’s weather is going to be bad.
Why do we love people who wave, the Microsoftization of Apple, your chance to throw decorated objects in the Mississippi, why headlines should never include the word ‘may’, and will we see the end of the loons in Minnesota?
For many people, Tuesday’s death of George Steinbrenner presented a challenge — how to respect the dead, while providing an honest assessment of the totality of one’s life. For others, winning baseball games was all that mattered. And for others, George Steinbrenner was nothing more than the character on a sitcom.
The controversy surrounding Tom Emmer’s comments on the minimum wage is what happens when politicians don’t have specific proposals for voters to consider.
Arbitron, the radio audience measurement company, has released its annual profile of… us.
Why you should always read the story under the headline
A candidate fights back on the minimum wage issue, why is shoplifting increasing, Son of Sam gets a makeover, a Duluth cabbie rides with Taj Mahal, and how the tarmac delays aren’t working.
Lacrosse and the threat to a sovereign nation
With just a month left until Primary Election Day and four months to go until the mid-term elections, a sad reality is making itself more obvious for people who use the Internet to follow political news: This campaign season is one of the worst for innovation in political coverage.
Watching this video posted by some Minnesota sky diver enthusiasts today is a good way to think that maybe you didn’t wring everything you could out of the weekend.
Why is our creativity declining, where is Minnesota’s money going, the man who can make people like something about the Yankees, interracial marriages, and the gorilla test revisited.