Bob CollinsA truck exploded in Callaway, hours after it collided with a train. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for March 2016
Golf has been in a decline for years now but from the sound of an article in the Mankato Free Press today, the patrons of Fort Ridgely golf course never saw the Department of Natural Resources’ announcement this week coming. Read more →
Unquestionably, there are problems in schools and problems between teachers and students and parents. It’s important that those get discussed in the public sphere.
But it’s also easy to let the coverage push aside other realities that are also important to acknowledge. There are pretty great kids, pretty great teachers, and pretty great parents in the state’s schools. Read more →
There’s risk everywhere. How do you decide which is worthy of your taking cover? Read more →
In the world of nickle and diming, there’s not much more outrageous than charging customers to take their money. Read more →
At a dinner in Argentina last night, President Barack Obama had that look on his face that every man of a certain age has when someone asks him to dance. Read more →
When the ice disappears along the Lester River in Duluth, it means one thing: It’s time to get the kayaks out.
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When it comes to civic participation and protest, 11-year-old boys don’t usually stand out.
But Taye Clinton, a student from Linwood Monroe Arts Plus Elementary School in St. Paul, had plenty to say about what life is like for an 11-year-old biracial student in the city’s school system. He spoke at this week’s raucous school board meeting at people protested a Como Park teacher who they say has written racist posts on Facebook and on his blog.
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Ketevan Kardava had a choice photojournalists sometimes have to make. When is it time to help and when is it time to take photographs?
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I recognize that this post will mean nothing to Millennials and others who never knew what it was like to sit down in front of the TV on Saturday afternoon to watch the one baseball game you’re likely to see a week.
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Zeus McClurkin makes some basketball magic in the skies above Nickelodeon Universe. Read more →
Presidential candidate Ted Cruz stirred up the melting pot yesterday when he said that the U.S. should ‘patrol and secure’ Muslim neighborhoods before ‘they become radicalized.’ Read more →
In Stillwater, a person’s home is still his/her parking lot.
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It seemed like only yesterday that the last laker of the season was pulling into the harbor in Duluth/Superior, the unofficial declaration of winter’s arrival in the Northland. Read more →
There’s a lot to be proud of when you stand in line to exercise a right to vote. The reward shouldn’t be that you feel the system is gamed. Read more →