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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for January 2012

Iowa faux pas

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 3, 2012, 11:45 AM Jan 3, 2012
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Something’s missing this afternoon from the front page of the Des Moines Register’s website.

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The marriage is off, the dress has been spray painted

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 3, 2012, 11:17 AM Jan 3, 2012
17

It would be fitting if wearing wedding dresses spray-painted with red X’s came into style.

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Regional history

The man who dares speak ill of Iowa

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 3, 2012, 10:41 AM Jan 3, 2012
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Stephen Bloom has become Iowa’s Salman Rushdie.

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Five by 8

Don’t mess with Iowa (5×8 – 1/3/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 3, 2012, 7:15 AM Jan 3, 2012
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Iowa up close, holiday winners and losers, the rich Minnesotan you’ve never heard of, crossing the Constitution, and tone it down, Timberwolves!

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Five by 8

What’s wrong with flip-flopping? (5×8 – 1/2/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 2, 2012, 6:54 AM Jan 2, 2012
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The art of changing your mind, the polar plunge, Fargo-Moorhead’s person-of-the-year choice, how Bret Favre is still killing the Vikings, and should a leg keep a pilot from pursuing a dream?

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