Bob Collins
The same problems of 9/11 surface on 12/25, what’s right with us, Carl Kassell’s last day, when gay marriage goes bad, and 10 tricks for New Year’s Eve.
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Five by 8
Sometimes relying on private industry isn’t a good idea, seeking health care in Mexico, Flight 401’s 37th anniversary, deporting the Hmong, and the environmental damage of going green.
Increased security may not actually increase security, Hmong are rousted back to Laos, when do you care about the health care debate, the lure of ice fishing, and the year in fact-checking.
Time runs out for veterans to visit a memorial to their WWII service, the Christmas quizzes, the pictures that say ‘family,’ life lessons for an 11-year-old, and the man who tracked Santa.
Five at 8 – 12/23/09: A thousand words
Are we too cautious, are American students lazy, are you scared of snow yet, should you steal from chain stores, and what’s the impact of health care reform on small business?
What to tell people in cities where the jobs won’t come back, winners and losers in the health care bill, who’s the coach of the Vikings, carbon fallout, and you don’t bring a gun to a snowball fight.
Why doesn’t Garrison Keillor like lousy Christmas songs written by Jews? Also: the war on Christmas, theft of a notorious icon, dark matter and Al Franken.
Walking the fine line, Cash for Clunkers for wealthy folks, the resilience of people, remembering Panama, and what is the speed of thought?
The value of a two-word question, the power of the photograph, the lesson of Tiger, the end of health care reform, and the reinvention of the wheel.
Keeping up with cheap, getting your head out of your BlackBerry, a teachable moment for law students, Copenhagen’s carbon footprint, and how to steal identities on Facebook.
Considering Norwegianess, is your smart phone too smart, stories from Planet Research, should teenagers be identified in news stories, and cyberbullying strikes back.
Fact-checking the stolen emails controversy, holiday lights, should there be more regulation of what you eat, what the decade made obsolete, and how to slice a pizza.
Were pilots talking to the wrong country, the Golden Snowball results, the Royce White mystery, the great football playoff crisis, and how to build a backyard ice rink.
If you could paint a mural of your neighborhood, what would it say, drinking dirty water, what is cap and trade, can you believe flu stories anymore, and what if the biggest threat is loneliness?