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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for October 2012

Five by 8

Seimone Augustus and the same-sex marriage ban (5×8 – 10/16/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 16, 2012, 7:04 AM Oct 16, 2012
28

The conscience of pro athletes, the racists of American politics, on George McGovern, should the Twins trade Joe Mauer, and weed dating.

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You are editor: Taking sides at a concert

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 15, 2012, 4:09 PM Oct 15, 2012
4

Locked-out musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra are holding a concert. If journalists attend, are they taking sides?

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Did a Minnesota debt-collection agency go too far?

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 15, 2012, 3:31 PM Oct 15, 2012
12

A Minnesota-based debt collection agency is at the heart of a lawsuit filed by an Arizona couple over a defaulted student loan.

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Malala Yousufzai and the war in Afghanistan

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 15, 2012, 1:49 PM Oct 15, 2012
7

When is war worth fighting? What is the cost-benefit analysis of protecting girls anywhere from those who would deny them something as basic as an education? Is it our problem?

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Big deer and big government

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 15, 2012, 12:19 PM Oct 15, 2012
3

At a Fargo radio station, a woman calls in to ask that deer crossings be moved on the highway.

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Why are politicians afraid of women with questions?

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 15, 2012, 12:00 PM Oct 15, 2012
8

The two candidates want to preserve the ‘just hold the microphone and look pretty’ role they’ve assigned Crowley, knowing that the audience won’t press them for actual answers.

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Five by 8

Beauty in the aftermath of horror (5×8 – 10/15/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 15, 2012, 7:56 AM Oct 15, 2012
8

Important lessons from the families in the Minneapolis shooting rampage, what’s in a name in Quebec, the jump from space… in Legos, Minnesota’s harvest, and how Michael Jackson rolls.

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Her name was Tinu

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 12, 2012, 3:35 PM Oct 12, 2012

Schools pretend that students who kill themselves didn’t exist. They did. And still do.

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Last word on the debate

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 12, 2012, 12:27 PM Oct 12, 2012

It is written: We can’t move on from a news story until NMA weighs in on it.

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What’s an appropriate sentence for ‘a monster’?

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 12, 2012, 12:00 PM Oct 12, 2012

Rare is the day when a judge’s sentence for someone who abuses children comes under scrutiny for being too harsh, but today may be that day.

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Our phones, ourselves

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 12, 2012, 10:55 AM Oct 12, 2012
4

Remember when people made fun of Japanese tourists who seemed to experience life through the viewfinder of their oversized camcorders?

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Five by 8

The winner of last night’s debate: One moderator and three girls (5×8 – 10/12/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 12, 2012, 7:45 AM Oct 12, 2012
5

Why we should listen to kids, traveling the country with offers to help, the future of marriage, our disgraceful past, and facing reality in our schools.

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Live-blogging the vice-presidential debate

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 11, 2012, 7:00 PM Oct 11, 2012

As usual, we suggest you listen on the radio (or watch the video in the window below) and follow along with pithy analysis, questions, and occasional cat videos as warranted. Join in the conversation.

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The Latino vote examined

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 11, 2012, 1:13 PM Oct 11, 2012
4

Most Latinos surveyed don’t think voter ID laws will affect them, and most are in favor of the idea.

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People doing good

Freedom Farm

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 11, 2012, 12:14 PM Oct 11, 2012

In Waverly, Minnesota, women veterans who have returned from duty are finding the support and friendship essential to their recovery from the wounds, both emotional and physical, they sustained in combat.

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