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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Uncategorized

Obama’s staff

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 1, 2009, 3:05 PM Jul 1, 2009
1

You can be a ‘correspondence analyst,’ as long as you figure out what that is.

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Harassment during Pride

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 1, 2009, 10:30 AM Jul 1, 2009
4

Minneapolis police say it wasn’t their officers who ignored harassment during after gay pride parade last weekend. But who were the kids?

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Five at 8 – 7/1/09

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 1, 2009, 7:36 AM Jul 1, 2009
2

Franken, the day after; did Twitter really matter in Iran; the 50 greatest movie trailers of all time; the joy of tinkering; and the Hubble repairman unplugged

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Five at 8 – 6/30/09

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 30, 2009, 7:54 AM Jun 30, 2009
2

When debt wasn’t evil, the kids with clout, turning back the Supreme Court clock, why renting is in, sign of the Apocalypse, and the bike cops of Minneapolis.

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Five at 8 – 6/29/09

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 29, 2009, 7:25 AM Jun 29, 2009

The poetry of Persia, the stagecoach to hell, the Somalis of Georgia, the people who clean up foreclosed homes, and the way we keep the Michael Jackson story alive.

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The News Cut Week-in-Review Quiz

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 26, 2009, 5:32 PM Jun 26, 2009
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Come forth ye news hounds and prove your mettle!

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Five at 8 – 6/26/09

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 26, 2009, 8:00 AM Jun 26, 2009
6

Bring your guns to church day, is Twitter helping the Iran crackdown, Keillor looks back at 35 years of A Prairie Home Companion, why you can’t trust online product reviews, and why the U.S. rail system is a disaster. Literally.

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Minnesota after the health care cuts

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 25, 2009, 3:57 PM Jun 25, 2009
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The governor has made his decision and that apparently is that. Perhaps it’s now time to figure out these ways of getting help to people who need a hand.

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Five at 8 – 6/25/09

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 25, 2009, 7:53 AM Jun 25, 2009
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Airline horror stories, what happens after a soldier is killed, to embed or not embed, when lifeguards make a difference

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Five at 8 – 6/24/09

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 24, 2009, 7:51 AM Jun 24, 2009
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Is thinking back in fashion, the jobs that can’t be filled, the Timberwolves trade, urban beekeepers, is the Appalachian Trail in Argentina, and what’s the use of long-term planning by short-term-thinking politicians?

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The Nixon tapes

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 23, 2009, 1:56 PM Jun 23, 2009

The Richard Nixon Presidential Library today released more than 150 hours of previously classified recordings of the president.

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Five at 8 – 6/23/09

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 23, 2009, 7:35 AM Jun 23, 2009
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People rise to the occasion in DC, what happens to your private data when a firm that specializes it goes belly up, the lowdown on Moussavi, your iPhone is an accident waiting to happen, and the humanity of pet names.

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Here and there

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 22, 2009, 8:25 PM Jun 22, 2009
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Clearly, there’s a difference between St. Paul and Tehran in the level of violence between authorities and lawful demonstrators. But on the fundamental question of whether protesters — if peaceful — should be allowed to take to the streets against a government, is there a difference?

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Greenhouse gases: Suburbs vs. city

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 22, 2009, 1:21 PM Jun 22, 2009
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Who is more responsible for emitting greenhouse gases. It depends on how you want to measure it.

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Five at 8 – 6/22/09

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 22, 2009, 7:24 AM Jun 22, 2009
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Inside the Church of Scientology, when the law is based on a lie, John Hodgman wows ’em in Washington, the end of the Lowry Avenue Bridge, and the tombstones tell the tale.

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