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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for March 2008

Fill ‘er up

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 27, 2008, 7:20 AM Mar 27, 2008
13

Remember the old commercial where a woman asks for a gallon of gas. No? You’re too young.

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Medical kickbacks

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 26, 2008, 3:53 PM Mar 26, 2008

Two news stories suggest the culture of kickbacks in medical research and practice is more ingrained than many people thought.

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What price freedom?

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 26, 2008, 3:12 PM Mar 26, 2008
6

How much does it cost to preserve your freedom to buy incandescent light bulbs?

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What I’m working on

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 26, 2008, 2:58 PM Mar 26, 2008

Life after General College is the topic.

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The freedom to post

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 26, 2008, 1:45 PM Mar 26, 2008
11

If you’re a lawmaker, it helps to stick ‘freedom’ in a bill’s title.

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A look at outrage

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 26, 2008, 1:10 PM Mar 26, 2008
2

The task for political campaigns is often to be more outraged than the opponent.

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A bias against issues?

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 26, 2008, 11:02 AM Mar 26, 2008
2

Where candidates stand on issues takes a back seat to sniping between political camps.

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Is marriage dying?

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 26, 2008, 8:26 AM Mar 26, 2008
18

New statistics out today show the lowest marriage rate in more than a century in the UK. That sounds familiar to the U.S.

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Another battle for Baghdad

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 26, 2008, 8:08 AM Mar 26, 2008

A cease fire ends and threatens to put Iraq back in the spotlight.

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Last one in

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 25, 2008, 8:41 PM Mar 25, 2008
6

Although others participated in a bank robbery in which a woman was killed, only Sara Jane Olson remains in prison.

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Back to the future

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 25, 2008, 7:41 PM Mar 25, 2008
4

The State Patrol is going retro. What’s next: black-and-white TV?

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Off the shelf

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 25, 2008, 5:57 PM Mar 25, 2008
3

A large chunk of the Antarctic ice shelf has collapsed.

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The selling of a tax increase

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 25, 2008, 1:47 PM Mar 25, 2008
4

The Legislature gave counties authority to increase sales and motor vehicle taxes. Now the counties are taking different approaches.

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The WiFi ‘scare’

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 25, 2008, 7:45 AM Mar 25, 2008
6

Reminiscent of the fear about cellphones.

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Creationism vs. evolution

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 25, 2008, 7:30 AM Mar 25, 2008
40

Museums have a new role for some groups: a place to teach creationism.

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