Bob Collins
The end of free TV, the Vikes’ new man, the Tea Party illusion, when summer stinks, and how the economy really works.
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Five by 8
People who matter, Westover v. Quimby, for the love of a cougar woman, a fight at the beach, the economy in song, and the worst umpire call this season.
A dog shall save them, find yourself at the U2 concert, the never-ending Red River flood, what the Winehouse reaction says about us, and this is your brain on football.
A manifesto manifesto, U2 in the rain, a more perfect Union in St. Paul, Cuddyer in focus, and the land of 10,000 Santas.
Everything you think you know about kids today may be wrong, shuttle pictures worth oogling, the Red River wins in Moorhead, cigarettes and the Constitution, and landing a plane on a highway.
Three by Seven
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The flag party, much ado about Twitter, flipped out in space, the curse of the NOAA radio, and a car race breaks out at the Tour de France.
Could the shutdown last into January, why are we so fat, where to draw the line on presidential letters, Field of Dreams 2, and there’s something about band directors.
It’s a man’s recovery, shutdown: win or die trying, paddlers reach Fargo, and a look at Google+, and the human homerun.
Regulating Minnesota, outrage of the day, the future of Cirrus, Tsunami boosts dry casks, the dust that ate Phoenix and the Coon Lake water spout.
Musical interpretations of the shutdown, when people do good, what’s it like to be fireworks, the death of the serial comma, and the Milky Way from South Dakota.
How a state worker spends the shutdown, blind carpenter honored, the helmet law reconsidered, how to dishonor the flag, and we the purple.
How did we get here, the opportunity gap, winter vs. summer, the amazing healing power of a bicycle, and a poet loses his words.
Seven scenes about Minnesota government, the stadium deal, a special place for the jerks who prey on us, Blyleven trivia, and Gollub sings.
Tales from the tick-tock state, my space at the July 4th parade, Star Tribune negotiations, ode to the butter cow lady, and the drinking-and-running challenge.