Bob Collins
When should the market prevail? And when should the government step in?
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Airline horror stories, what happens after a soldier is killed, to embed or not embed, when lifeguards make a difference
Dishonorable mention
Than Tibbetts
A spate of spring storms left the Red River Valley with swollen creeks and streams over the past week. Eventually, all that water must pour into the Red River and head north to Canada. The photo above was taken yesterday on the north end of the Island Park Levee in Fargo. Instead of a lake, Read more →
Is thinking back in fashion, the jobs that can’t be filled, the Timberwolves trade, urban beekeepers, is the Appalachian Trail in Argentina, and what’s the use of long-term planning by short-term-thinking politicians?
The very tail end of President Obama’s news conference today provided the best glimpse into the workings of the White House Press Corp
“Who cares?” a follower on Twitter asked today, when the subject of the death of Ed McMahon came up. I guess I don’t have a great answer for it, although I do think there’s value in remembering the icons of mass media when it was really mass media. Like McMahon, the Milton Berles and Dinah Read more →
People rise to the occasion in DC, what happens to your private data when a firm that specializes it goes belly up, the lowdown on Moussavi, your iPhone is an accident waiting to happen, and the humanity of pet names.
Clearly, there’s a difference between St. Paul and Tehran in the level of violence between authorities and lawful demonstrators. But on the fundamental question of whether protesters — if peaceful — should be allowed to take to the streets against a government, is there a difference?