Hart Van DenburgIt ain’t all good in Gould, Ark. Political discourse in the small tornado-prone town has reached a low point. A point so low, it probably violates the U.S. Constitution.
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
By Hart Van Denburg
Hart is the morning online editor at MPR News.
The first sign of the Rupert Murdoch/News of the World scandal meant something to the lives of people across the pond came when Attorney General Eric Holder confirmed that the U.S. Department of Justice was investigating claims that the tabloid hacked into voice-mail accounts of Sept. 11 victims. The once untouchable Murdoch became “wounded” and Read more →
Proponents of a new Vikings stadium are renewing efforts to secure public funds now that an agreement to solve the state budget impasse appears within reach. Vikings owner Zygi Wilf spoke with Gov. Mark Dayton on Friday, according to team vice president Lester Bagley. Bagley said the team was hoping to get a deal done Read more →
AP: The Souris broke a more than 130-year-old record at noon when it measured 1,558.52 feet above sea level at the city’s Broadway Bridge. That was about 9. 5 feet above flood stage and a half-foot higher than the record set in 1881.
The amount of attention the media has given the release of Sarah Palin’s emails by far outweighs the significance of the emails themselves. But the ability to display copious amounts of information in elegant ways continues to show promise for the future of journalism.
Global food prices have increased 37 percent in the past year, the United Nations says. Roughly two-fifths of people in 17 countries say high food prices have changed what they eat. People in poorer nations are hit hardest by increased costs.
Matters of the goose
Minnesota is among the states that could become part of the expanded territory of “one of the most feared spiders in North America.”
Idea Peepshow has documented what many of us have been feeling for sometime. Let’s just hope that steep downward drop comes to an end soon.
Ben Haas is a communication studies graduate student at Louisiana State University. He tried to burn a flag on campus the other day. Things didn’t go as planned.