Bob CollinsThe story this morning of the death of a young diabetic man while in Ramsey County jail, despite the fact his mother delivered insulin to jail authorities, has a somewhat familiar ring. Maria Inamagua was an Ecuadoran immigrant who was nabbed in Minneapolis by immigration authorities. She reported severe headaches to her jailers, who gave Read more →
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A worried father — he had just given his son one of the Totino’s or Jeno’s frozen pizza that is being recalled — sends a note that he is “freaking out” because he doesn’t know what to do. Does he wait until his son gets sick? Or is there something he can do now? Good Read more →
That PC — or laptop or iPhone or whatever — you’re reading this on, can be traced back to the space program. But NASA didn’t stop there. It has funded research that has paid off again, working with the University of California Berkley to develop a device to help you avoid the headache you get Read more →
A couple of days ago — I was away — MPR’s Tim Post ran a story about the problems newspapers face with allowing users to attach comments to news stories. Apparently, the concern in newsrooms is, people can attach some stupid comments. This led to a discussion in our own newsroom today about whether user Read more →
I’ve watched Saving Private Ryan, it seems, hundreds of times and people who were there — D-Day — say it was a realistic portrayal of events. Knowing that, I don’t know how anyone can keep from asking themselves, “what would I have done?” The American Spectator today — and let’s leave aside the politics of Read more →
I know you’ve thought about it. You’ve thought about it more often this week. “The house is on fire, I’ve got to get out, there’s time to grab only a couple of things. What do I take?” I thought about it, too. This morning I watched as a CNN crew went with two neighbors in Read more →
MPR reporter Lorna Benson profiles Dr. Grace Buwule today (“Uganda doctor takes home diabetes strategies honed in Minnesota“). Buwule takes what he learns in Minnesota, with the hope of making a difference in combating the disease in Uganda. University of Minnesota diabetes doctor Toni Moran knows first hand the challenges Buwule faces. Moran spent a Read more →
Granted, Minnesota kids are supposed to be above average. But one would expect even more of kids from Cambridge, in the shadow of Harvard, right? That’s what Phillip Greenspun thinks. A school in his fair city achieved the distinction of the lowest grade on that state’s high school biology standards test; lower, he notes, than Read more →
In Wisconsin, Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen has told the entire town of Crandon, Wisconsin to shut up. Van Hollen says he was just passing along the wishes of the victims’ families in the town where, authorities believe, 20-year-old Tyler Peterson, an off-duty deputy and part-time Crandon police officer, gunned down six people, including his Read more →