Bob Collins
On a weekend in which images of human evil raced around the world in seconds, it’s this image that won the day.
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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for June 2017
A science teacher’s experience in coal country is illuminating the problem science teachers are facing in 2017: many kids don’t want to learn science they don’t agree with. Read more →
It’s impossible to grow up in New England and not know the cautionary tale that is Jimmy Piersall’s life. He was a baseball player of enormous talent who suffered from great expectations and mental illness. Read more →
You’ve probably heard that Minnesota Public Radio is celebrating 50 years, an impressive feat in local broadcasting. But 100 is twice as impressive, and to the east of us, Wisconsin Public Radio is celebrating too. Read more →
Rodney Smith Jr., an Alabama A&M student, thinks the path to a better life for people is behind a lawnmower. He started Raising Men Lawn Care Service in Huntsville, Al., which uses kids age 7 to 17 to mow the lawns of people who can’t. Read more →
Take some data from Google, add a map, and voila! You’re in the news.
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After taking a stand for forgiveness, Sen. Al Franken couldn’t withstand the pressure to cancel an appearance with Kathy Griffin, the comedian who was stupid enough to be photographed holding a bloodied head that obviously was meant to portray President Donald Trump. Read more →
If ever there was a stroke of brilliance in Minnesota, it was the moment someone thought to create drug courts to help people get rid of their addiction, rather than sending them to jail or prison. Read more →
What’s more rare these days than the Twins staying within 10 runs of their opponents? A triple play. Even better: An around-the-horn triple play.
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In the category of ‘out of touch with 2017’, few are so deserving of ridicule as the people who make their living in the advertising business, consistently cranking out material that offends people and then claiming they had no idea it would. Read more →
The role of an internship at a news organization is to learn the business and a Sioux Falls intern may be about to learn an important lesson: Don’t make up quotes.
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Kaylee Gossen, a junior from Marshall, could’ve just kept quiet and she’d be on her way to the state high school golf tournament.
But that’s not the way it works for high school golfers. Read more →
It’s a sign of the times when even a jumbled bunch of letters in a tweet split the country in half. Read more →
It will come as no surprise to you, perhaps, that it’s not working well at the moment, either nationally or locally.
In Minnesota, for example, legislators are shocked — shocked — that Gov. Dayton responded to a sneaky poison pill in budget bills that forced him to sign them, by going low in his own way: stripping funding for the Legislature. See you in court.
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As documented here a few years ago, local TV meteorologists historically have been reluctant to take a position on — or even discuss –climate change. Too many viewers were quick to pounce. Paul Douglas has never been a coward on the subject, however, as he showed again yesterday with a single tweet. Read more →