Bob CollinsSome new research shows planes and jets can make it snow and rain.
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Duy Ngo’s funeral, the futility of the crossword puzzle, Leonard Nimoy retires, lightning strikes a Jesus statue, and born to be mild in Sturgis.
Today’s viral video, coupled with what we learned from Helen Thomas’ man-on-the-street interview a week or so ago, is a good reminder that if someone sticks a camera in your face on the sidewalk, it’s good for your career to keep walking:
Do you have a right to see the oil, is it OK to be tough on politicians, should joggers do more walking, is there life after the National Guard deployments, and why do gardeners use seed bombs?
Songs in the key of oil
The comedic road to the White House, failure is an option in the Gulf, a bag of donuts makes incompetence better, why do soccer fans insist I watch more soccer, and the end of climate change fear.
What’s this program gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer is talking about that spends taxpayer money to take ‘metro-area women on camping vacations’?
Behind the scenes of the NPR video
Should kids be suspended when no damage is done in a prank, how would BP handle a coffee spill, who needs pilots, Jon Stewart preps for Tim Pawlenty, and dispatches from the Department of Life in a Small Town.
What’s wrong with this viral oil-spill graphic, the digital addiction, sweat and the modern woman, the cars of NPR, and scenes from your new state park.
African American commentators today paused when President Obama flashed some anger over the BP oil spill.