Bob Collins
You’ve probably heard that we’re going to have a state shutdown, the economy stinks, little kids are turning their drunk mothers in, and the rivers are flooding homes all over the Upper Midwest. Uplifting stuff.
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Five by 8
Festival diversity, the energy pig near your TV, a preference for boys over girls, Joe Mauer’s descent, and a midsummer night in Poland.
Are you using more non-work hours to work, beauty and the bridge, surging toward Minot, mobile phone dangers by the numbers, and Pottermore.
Preparing for pain, the water always wins, the influence in your inbox, why you should move over on the highway, and the mystery of the Nazi photo album.
Man robs bank to get health care, taking the people’s temperature on the state shutdown, community and the Wisconsin supper club, if art imitated life, and a 360-degree view of the hockey riots.
For the kids, the criminalization of domestic violence, how others see us, revenge of the Sunday pundit, and dog v. dog in Wadena County.
Smaller government and the safety of your food, outsourcing lawyers, the end of the Red River flood, the story behind the kissing couple, it’s athletic savior day, and are Minneapolis’ new parking meters too slow?
The even sadder end of the Liberty Belle, how much does gasoline really cost, Vancouver’s bad night, the gopher count, and the Whole Foods parking lot.
Should Lake Calhoun be renamed, TV as the new death star, boring politics, Pianos on Parade, and what joke would you tell the Dalai Lama?
Lessons from a dot in the sky, Conan’s commencement speech, the caterpillar assault, a night for geezers in Duluth, and the nature of adventure.
Paddling from Minnesota to Hudson Bay, the blogosphere’s black eye, the restaurant guide kerfuffle, the snitch under the hood, and the electric car charging problem.
Playing chicken, what happened to the love for north Minneapolis, the eye never blinks, when to let the big fish go, and how to build the space station light.
Biking to work, how deep are attitude changes on same-sex marriage, Delta flies backwards, history is so yesterday, and drive-thru magic.
Cash and the Minnesota legislator, would you rather be too hot or too cold, the problem with men, the cure for what ails classical music, and the nature of forgiveness in north Minneapolis.
The wide world of lying, nickel and diming the baseball fan, the view from space is nicer than the view from earth, a tornado report card, and what hell week looks like.