Bob Collins
At the Paris Air Show, pilots make large jets do things they’re capable of doing, but never will once the paying customers get aboard.
But what if they did? Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for June 2015
Did you hear? A person made a mistake on the radio the other day and you won’t believe what happened next!
Actually, nothing happened except the usual amount of bead-clutching by partisans and media writers.
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It follows testing at Mayo facilities in Arizona and Florida in which it was found that women without nylons don’t affect patient care. Read more →
Whenever I’ve gone off to cover the Minnesota delegation at a Democratic National Convention, there’s always one Democratic member of the state’s congressional delegation I never see, and whose name is never uttered — Rep. Collin Peterson.
A Washington Post analysis today of votes in Congress shows why: No other Democrat in the House votes against his party more than Peterson. Read more →
Wisconsin has always been a little bit ahead of its neighbor to the west when it comes to discouraging Native American mascots by sports teams. Read more →
We like the pizzazz Torii Hunter brings to the Twins as much as the next blogger, but we still have to admit: This pitch is too close to take with two strikes and even if it’s outside, it’s not the type of call to do a Target Field striptease over. But that wasn’t really the Read more →
It was a short but predictably successful search for the man who donated a wedding dress to a charity thrift shop this week, thanks to social media.
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We don’t like to admit it, but many of us are closer to rock bottom than we might think.
Even TV news celebrities — a high-ego community if ever there was one — aren’t shielded from the ‘shame’ we tend to heap on people who are unemployed. The Great Recession should’ve taught us how vulnerable we are to the whims of employers and a shaky economy, and to think about what we’d do when the ax falls.
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Chopper might be among the most famous therapy dogs but when he and his owner returned from a trip that included visiting VA hospitals and nursing homes, his owner found out that Pet Partners, a nonprofit group that evaluates and insures therapy animals, is dropping Chopper because he wears a biker outfit. Read more →
The price of gasoline jumped in the Twin Cities today, hitting $2.79 a gallon in most locations. It’s a lot better than a year ago, of course, but it’s a lot higher than a few months ago.
The experts said the economy would get a big boost because we’d spend the money we didn’t spend on gas on things that might get the economy humming a little more.
It’s as if the experts have never met the motoring public. Read more →
Nobel recipient Tim Hunt has failed again to solve one of life’s enduring mysteries: how can some smart people be so utterly stupid? Read more →
Generations have grown up without looking up and dreaming. Read more →
Snow Leopards, Prairie Hawks, Wooly Mammoths, Green Pride, didn’t make the latest cut, the Grand Forks Herald reports today. Read more →
Lake Elmo is a mess, but like most things in Minnesota government these days, the particulars are officially a secret.
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South Dakota Public Broadcasting knows how to put the ‘public’ in broadcasting.
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