Bob Collins
Spare the picture books if you want your first-grader to get into Harvard, the danger of documenting grief, when is it time to move on, return to Peshtigo, and Star Wars in paper.
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Five by 8
Why can’t Twins fans handle a little difficulty, the end of Science Friday, truth and the Gulf oil spill, three minutes to make you feel better, and the making of Cinderella.
Randy Moss, who needs ‘twin’ cities, hard lessons and the Minnesota Board of Pardons, who owns Congress, and the miracle of the day.
A day in the life of a radio producer, after the flood, music from the junkyard, weather from wind turbines, and another episode of ‘you are …’
The fight for the soul of Somalia, Donald Duck’s politics, how to stop teen suicide, whistling by the Twins’ graveyard, and the high price of coffee.
Whale snot and the scientist, the power of 1 and 2, leaf peeping in Minnesota, the debt of World War I, and Jim Thome in song.
An issue is missing in the latest MPR poll, the evaporating digital media, on Tony Curtis, the Twin Ports stands up for a needy family, and your exploding volcano isn’t going to win the science prize this year.
November by the numbers, how much does a hurricane weigh, is sad so bad, the Disneyland disaster, and why don’t college students graduate in four years?
Flood zones by air, pastors dare the IRS, privatizing libraries, the mystery of the empty parks, and what part of ‘heads down’ don’t you understand?
There’s life after high school, after Troubled Waters, get your Neil Young here, don’t call them Twinkies, and how high school sports helps a young man who lost his father.
Tortured by leaves, a new airline fee, should we mention teen suicide, Brett Favre plugged in, and impossible scenes that actually happened.
Documenting life’s traditions, Franken’s emotional speech, did the Emmer camp mislead reporters on Buesgens’ status, the dark streets of cities that are broke, and does the Minnesota smoking ban increase home foreclosures?
Blogs take over war reporting, the cone of silence at the U, making the homeless visible, what happens when police wait a month to investigate a crime, and the Needle Doctor leaves Dinkytown.
Zumbrota grabs the bull, just keeping swimming, reading Playboy to the blind, America’s most toxic city, and the clouds as the ocean.