The FAA is treating the drones as aircraft, which they technically are. And it’s treating the operators as a pilots, which they technically aren’t. There are no requirements for training operators of drones, nor do they have to be licensed. Not yet, anyway. Read more →
Pete Rose may not yet realize that he’s a compulsive liar who can play a lot of roles for his audience, but a sympathetic figure is not one of them. Read more →
It says something — although we’re not sure exactly what — that when Serena Williams became the first woman to win Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year since 1983, people objected because a horse didn’t win.
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The Minnesota Court of Appeals today reinstated a discrimination suit filed by a woman who says she was denied a job because she was pregnant when it was offered. Read more →
Pioneer Press’ Julio Ojeda-Zapata reports today that the car-sharing service wants to cut back its operations in the city. It’s only been in St. Paul for 17 months, and now it wants to serve only high-use areas. Read more →
Ethel Weiss, of Brookline, Mass., deserved a good, long retirement. But she didn’t want one. She didn’t want to let the kids down. Read more →
In the debate that has seared the nation in the last few weeks, I suspect we use the word ‘Muslim’ without a clear idea of what it means to be Muslim in America. Read more →
We are only allowed so many memorable moments in our relationship with the stuff that comes out of a radio, and there can only be one at the top of the list. Read more →
As the great St. Paul blogger Teresa Boardman likes to say, “today is Friday, and Friday is for fun.” In that spirit, we give you this paragraph from this morning’s Star Tribune and challenge you to find either the meaning or the math therein. Good luck. If you’d like some music while you work it Read more →
In Foxboro, Mass., a school has banned this photo. What’s wrong with it? She’s obviously patriotic. She has a flag in her photo.
Look closer.
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Sen. John McCain and Sen. Al Franken mix it up over their NFL loyalties. Read more →
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wittingly or unwittingly provided a sharp contrast between his country and the one to the south when a plane load of Syrian refugees arrived overnight in Toronto. Read more →
The city of Duluth and the airplane manufacturer Cirrus may be on a collision course that could have one of the few northern Minnesota success stories looking elsewhere.
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Bloomington police report there’s nothing to fear from an elderly man who lost his hat.
One can hardly blame the young girl walking home from school for saying “no” when he asked her to help look for it, or her father who called the cops, or the cops for taking it seriously. Read more →
An investigation by ProPublica and NPR into the damage inflicted by even the smallest release of private health information provides a good opportunity to re-examine a Minnesota case over who’s liable when a health care provider’s loose lips inflict damage. Read more →
Bob Collins