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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for April 2010

In defense of men

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 23, 2010, 9:54 AM Apr 23, 2010
3

When we finally get around to eliminating stereotypes, perhaps the one portraying men as disinterested fathers, sitting on a couch waiting for someone to fetch a beer can get on the list.

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Five by 8

Five by 8 – 4/23/10: Pick your priority

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 23, 2010, 7:11 AM Apr 23, 2010
1

The legislative session features a buffet of priorities, YouTube parents, joys of the state fair rewarded, fun with the NFL draft, and transplanting faces.

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No miracles at Moose Lake

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 22, 2010, 4:07 PM Apr 22, 2010
17

People go into Moose Lake’s ‘treatment facility’ for sexual predators. They never come out.

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Live-blogging: Are Muslims unfairly criticized?

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 22, 2010, 12:10 PM Apr 22, 2010
5

A radical Muslim group has allegedly threatened violence against the creators of South Park because of an episode that insulted the prophet Muhammad. In the episode, the children meet Tom Cruise at a chocolate factory where he is packing bundles of fudge into boxes. They ask him why he’s “packing fudge”, which angers Cruise and Read more →

National Day of Prayer fight just beginning

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 22, 2010, 11:53 AM Apr 22, 2010
5

The Justice Department will appeal a ruling that the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional.

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Politics makes strange co-workers

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 22, 2010, 11:15 AM Apr 22, 2010

A St. Louis County race will pit a man against his boss.

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Live-blogging Midmorning: The people and their government

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 22, 2010, 8:45 AM Apr 22, 2010
20

Rather than an activist government to deal with the nation’s top problems, the public now wants government reformed and growing numbers want its power curtailed.

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Five by 8

Five by 8 – 4/22/10: The real story behind the National Day of Prayer

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 22, 2010, 6:30 AM Apr 22, 2010
8

Why you can still pray if you want to, tracking appliance rebates, how we stopped being pigs in the parking lot, how gay do you have to be to play softball in the gay softball world series, and beating the casino at blackjack.

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Out of touch? Or out of context?

Than Tibbetts April 21, 2010, 3:39 PM Apr 21, 2010
6

“Maybe everybody else knows this, but what is the difference between the pager and the e-mail?”

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Facebook’s f8 conference points to social, business changes

kenpaulman April 21, 2010, 1:20 PM Apr 21, 2010
12

What the f8? f8 isn’t just a key on your keyboard. It is the naming convention for Facebook’s conference where new site features come to light.

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Five by 8

Five by 8 – 4/21/10: After the cloud

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 21, 2010, 7:35 AM Apr 21, 2010

What did the aviation shutdown tell us about us, CFL light bulbs, outlaw trees in Albuquerque, why brain exercises don’t work, and a trip back to the old Minnesota.

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Watch international air traffic

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 20, 2010, 3:33 PM Apr 20, 2010
3

Airlines are flying again, despite the ash cloud that’s spewing from the volcano in Iceland.

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Another look at carry-on baggage fees

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 20, 2010, 2:15 PM Apr 20, 2010
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The airline that announced carry-on baggage fees says bookings are up.

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The limits of free speech

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 20, 2010, 12:42 PM Apr 20, 2010
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Despite all the bumper-sticker platitudes about freedom, much of it comes from protecting the despicable acts of some unsavory characters.

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The laptop never sleeps

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 20, 2010, 11:22 AM Apr 20, 2010
1

Just for the heck of it, call your I.T. department today and double-check that they’ve not taken privacy invasion to new heights the way a suburban Philadelphia school has.

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