Stirrings from the empty nest

 Dexter Michael Collins arrived on October 2, 2020 late in the evening, accomplishing what no one else has on Planet Earth: he made me a gra...

(Originally published May 23, 2019) I occasionally get mail looking for help finding someone or wanting some information from a NewsCut po...

I'm reprinting some of my favorite NewsCut posts. This one is from May 31, 2019 I actually thought I had nothing left to say. An...

Sara Meyer, the longtime producer and conscience of Minnesota Public Radio News, gave me a great book when I retired in May 2019. And t...

The Current staff in 2015 (Nate Ryan photo) Back when I used to be allowed on the radio to explain why public radio was worth your dime ...

Perhaps this is a condition of the aged, but I suspect people of a certain age tend to struggle trying to mute an inner voice when reading c...

My Dad didn't talk too much about his past, a feature that may well have something to do with the fact I don't know that I ever a...

When my kids were very young, they were subjected , over their strong objection, to the wanderlust of their father, who likes to find out w...

As my mother in law's Alzheimer's progressed in the last few years, I never quite resolved a nagging question as the neurons con...

I drive Lyft and I'm not exactly sure why. Sure, I need about $400 a month to pay for my Medicare coverage, which is pretty import...

It was Father's Day today and the tributes to dads across social media can make a lesser mortal believe he could never be a halfway de...