Bob Collins
From whom did we declare independence; worked up over a hot dog eating contest; no arms, no legs, no whining; dissent in time of war; and what’s better than the BWCA.
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Five by 8
How an NBA player lost it all, Supreme Court nominees and Minnesota’s obsession with popular culture, flying while standing, life without a high school in Wadena, and why Canby celebrates Ziad Tedeini.
Is access to the Internet a right, the guide to buying new gadgets, what do hydrangeas say about us, why the suburbs can’t dare to be different, and the best job in the Twin Cities is on two wheels.
A year in the life of a soldier, litter and the Friday floods, why you should care about the Boeing 787, biking across America, the secret of ‘Psycho.’
The sum of Minnesota’s parts, art and the oil spill, a kindergarten brawl, bridge-jumping in Mankato, and art imitates soccer.
Sex and the Asian Carp, iPhones and the cultists, tax credits and criminals, planes and people, and heroes and their stories.
Comparing your kids with China’s, should pols be voting themselves pay raises, the BWCA under assault from above and below, a good duck story, and in defense of a state rep on the Iron Range.
A town at war with itself over Hispanics, the mystery of the tornado video revealed, oil spills are good for comedy, joy and tears at Grandma’s Marathon, and a winner in the National Hollerin’ Contest.
A TV reporter reveals his Alzheimer’s secret, is marathoning healthy, Exxon Valdez revisited, the Wadena crucifix, and should nurses strike?
Where do you start the clean-up, the life of an airline pilot revealed, death by Twitter, should class rank be eliminated, and why do men lie?
Are best friends a bad thing, Michele Bachmann and the conservative 6th, President Obama’s high falutin’ five-letter words, a John Wooden moment, and the picture of the day.
200 skydives to fight Parkinson’s Disease, headlines we never thought we’d read, your best summer job ever, the shifting state Supreme Court, and whatever happened to the wayward Northwest pilots?
Duy Ngo’s funeral, the futility of the crossword puzzle, Leonard Nimoy retires, lightning strikes a Jesus statue, and born to be mild in Sturgis.
Do you have a right to see the oil, is it OK to be tough on politicians, should joggers do more walking, is there life after the National Guard deployments, and why do gardeners use seed bombs?
The comedic road to the White House, failure is an option in the Gulf, a bag of donuts makes incompetence better, why do soccer fans insist I watch more soccer, and the end of climate change fear.