Bob CollinsOnly in these times could a candidate launch a campaign with a campaign ad about a campaign ad she used in a previous election that she lost. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for April 2019
If a person is walking naked down the streets of Crookston, it may take longer before the residents can read about it in the newspaper.
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Kathleen Hall Jamieson, director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania, makes an excellent point: shouldn’t the media be learning something from the way it reported the material stolen by Russia and used to influence the election in 2016? Read more →
Nelson and his gang escaped with $30,000 — about $500,00 in today’s dollars. With mining operations and the railroad in full tilt, Brainerd had a lot of cash around town.
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What is it that gives us our identities? For a group of South St. Paul students, it’s sashes at commencement. Read more →
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The Minnesota State High School League, the organization that controls high school sports here, is giving up its opposition to allowing boys to be on competitive dance teams in high school. Read more →
This is Lyra McKee, who was shot and killed while trying to do her job on Thursday. She’s a reporter. Read more →
At one time, Kate Smith pretty much was America. Times change, though, and the legendary — and dead — singer of her signature God Bless America is out at no less an American institution than Yankee Stadium. Read more →
The news is full of stories of people in a mental health crisis ending up dead at the hands of people who were called to help. That’s why what happened in Fargo on Thursday night is a game changer. Read more →
Slavery is good marketing for Ancestry.com, the outfit that sells DNA tests. It’s not a good look for the firm. Whitewashing never is.
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The athletic department announced on Thursday that season tickets for men’s basketball will drop to $340 in some sections, a $190 drop. Six sections overlooking the court will drop by $150. Hockey will drop from $600 to $500. It’s the second straight season that hockey will drop by $100. Read more →
If you had a technical choice now to give up your keyboard, would you? Read more →