Bob CollinsOne of the many reasons I wish I could do parenthood over again is so I could enjoy youth baseball games in the manner in which they were intended.
This is how they were intended. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for April 2018
It says something about the times we live in that a man of faith being treated courteously is front page news, but it is in Alexandria, Minn., because Rashed Ferdous got a warmer reception than the last time he was in town. Read more →
Cinco de Mayo is coming up on Saturday, a day we honor the poor research abilities of America’s school children and some of the country’s businesses.
Can you spot the problem here? Read more →
The ‘we’re not Trump’ strategy didn’t work in ’16 and there’s a least a little evidence that banking on it in ’18 has similar risks, if a new poll by Reuters/Ipsos is any indication.
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The Midwest, where just a few weeks after highways are closed because of a blizzard, dust storms cause havoc on the same roadways. Read more →
Everyone has an opinion on ‘the media’ today because the pampered TV anchors and insular political reporters have once again made it easy to narrowly define the term, with their ridiculous annual decision to party with the people they’re supposed to be covering. Not shown nor considered are all the journalists in the world who were busy doing their jobs and may not even own tuxedos and evening gowns. Read more →
Mary and Carlos Mejia, who were married in 2011. Carlos is an undocumented resident who came to the United States in 2017. Mary is a native who speaks no Spanish. Her family and friends are here. And she’s moving with her family to Mexico to escape the uncertainty of the U.S. crackdown on immigration. Read more →
Here are the topics and guests you’ll hear today by listening to MPR News. Read more →
Sometimes we have to look a little harder than we should have to in order to find the humanity in the intersection of politicians and the media. Read more →
For a country that loves heroes, James Shaw is getting stiffed.
He’s the guy who disarmed the gunman at a Waffle House in Nashville, during which six people were shot, four of them fatally. Read more →
In the digital age, the goal is not so much to experience the art as it is to document that you were there. Read more →
Brenten Bartels and Troian Loken are four months into their work on their prom outfits. So far, they’ve used 125 rolls of duct tape. Read more →
In Pequot Lakes, beauty is going to take a back seat to business and, somewhere, Lady Bird Johnson is rolling over in her grave. Read more →
Did a prayer for the poor get a Jesuit priest run out of the U.S. Capitol? The chaplain of the House of Representatives, Rev. Patrick Conroy, was forced to resign by Speaker Paul Ryan, NBC reports. Ryan isn’t talking, but GOP and Democratic representatives think it has something to do with this prayer, offered as Read more →
Many people in the media get a fair amount of feedback from the audience that’s fair game. Women in media, particularly women in TV news, are treated horribly by — wait for it — men. What are you thinking, fellas? Read more →