MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

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Five at 8 – 1/27/10: Stadium season begins

Bob Collins January 27, 2010, 6:43 AM Jan 27, 2010

Now that the Vikings’ season is over, the should-they-get-a-new-stadium season is underway.

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Five at 8 – 1/21/10: When people surprise us

Bob Collins January 21, 2010, 7:21 AM Jan 21, 2010

Cindy McCain surprises us. John Edwards doesn’t.

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Five at 8 – 1/20/10: The post-Coakley panic

Bob Collins January 20, 2010, 7:28 AM Jan 20, 2010

Will people move closer together in search of the common good, or move farther apart?

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Five at 8 – 1/19/10: A song for Haiti

Bob Collins January 19, 2010, 7:33 AM Jan 19, 2010

St. Paul students offer a musical card for earthquake victims.

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Five at 8 – 1/18/10: The new ‘norm’

Bob Collins January 18, 2010, 6:42 AM Jan 18, 2010

A major political announcement in Minnesota made via Facebook may tell us a lot about the future of the mainstream media.

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Five at 8 – 1/15/10: What would MLK say?

Bob Collins January 15, 2010, 7:09 AM Jan 15, 2010

Assessing the difference over 42 years.

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Five at 8 – 1/14/10: Where was God?

Bob Collins January 14, 2010, 7:05 AM Jan 14, 2010

Considering Haiti’s fate from a religious perspective.

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Five at 8 – 1/13/10: On Miep Gies

Bob Collins January 13, 2010, 7:09 AM Jan 13, 2010

A first-person tribute to the woman who hid Anne Frank.

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Five at 8 – 1/12/10: The Legacy amendment reconsidered

Bob Collins January 12, 2010, 7:13 AM Jan 12, 2010

Were voters misled into voting for an amendment to increase the sales tax for outdoors and arts?

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Five at 8 – 1/11/10: Politics by the book

Bob Collins January 11, 2010, 7:06 AM Jan 11, 2010

A new book reveals how shallow campaign coverage is.

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Five at 8 – 1/8/10: Dispatches from the bus

Bob Collins January 8, 2010, 7:20 AM Jan 8, 2010

Anger on the bus, the Strib demands mental health information from candidates, caught in the immigration nightmare, a jailhouse push, and is America going to hell?

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Five at 8 – 1/6/10: Science, marriage, and depression

Bob Collins January 6, 2010, 7:12 AM Jan 6, 2010

The Physics Circus, meds don’t help ease mild depression, America chooses divorce over failed marriage, biking in winter, and where’s your global warming? Right here.

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Five at 8 – 1/5/10: The grumpy generation

Bob Collins January 5, 2010, 6:49 AM Jan 5, 2010

Why don’t you like your job, why do we fight the calendar, why do news sites post comments of psychopaths, why are Twins fans happy, and who needs critical thinking?

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Five at 8 – 1/4/10: Where are the boys?

Bob Collins January 4, 2010, 7:21 AM Jan 4, 2010

Tracking the missing Somalis, why do houses ‘pop’ in the cold, more on Deborah Howell, the math of airport security, and sing along with Sully.

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Five at 8 – 12/31/09: We’ll never see it coming

Bob Collins December 31, 2009, 7:32 AM Dec 31, 2009

The future isn’t what you think; when life hands you lemons, make a documentary, life in a yurt, caviar for the homeless, and an update on ‘Sully.’