NewsCut

After the election, a media mea culpa

Bob Collins November 14, 2016, 11:22 AM Nov 14, 2016

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Perhaps you’ve noticed in the last seven days that, despite not having a shred of specifics from the new president, reporters have had no trouble telling the story of what a Trump presidency means for everything and everybody.

They could have spent the last year doing those stories for all of the candidates who wanted to be president, but they couldn’t; they were too busy regurgitating the stump speeches and rehashing the horse race, which relies on polls that were completely inaccurate. Read more →

Politics

Biden memes save Internet

Bob Collins November 14, 2016, 10:01 AM Nov 14, 2016

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The online star of the postgame show for American’s Election Day has turned out to be a guy who’s going to be out of work in two months. Read more →

Economy

The bad news of a bountiful harvest

Bob Collins November 14, 2016, 8:30 AM Nov 14, 2016

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For farmers to succeed in business, energy prices will have to go up. Record and bountiful harvests will have to go down. Read more →

People doing good

A Minnesota community pulls together in search for missing girl

Bob Collins November 14, 2016, 7:01 AM Nov 14, 2016

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There’s plenty in the news to get justifiably worked up about but let’s squeeze in one little ray of sunshine before we return to our regular programming.
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Politics · Sports

Politics and Coach Pop

Bob Collins November 12, 2016, 7:35 AM Nov 12, 2016

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It’s not often you hear coaches of professional sports teams dissecting the political scene in America, but San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, probably the best basketball coach in America, isn’t an ordinary coach, and he’s never suffered fools gladly. Read more →

Sports

I found an old pal today, only to learn he’s dying

Bob Collins November 11, 2016, 10:13 AM Nov 11, 2016

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I’m at the time of my life where, more often than not, I learn what happened to some of those old classmates when I hear that they’ve died or are dying.

Joe Resnick, who became a bigshot in the sportswriting world as a freelancer, is dying.
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People doing good

Motorcyclists buoy family targeted by racial slurs

Bob Collins November 11, 2016, 9:04 AM Nov 11, 2016

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A New Hampshire boy whose home was targeted with racial slurs and vandalism has 17 new friends courtesy of the Manchester Motorcycle Club. Read more →

The jobs we do

Aboard a saltie in Duluth, hurrying up to go nowhere

Bob Collins November 11, 2016, 8:27 AM Nov 11, 2016

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The saltie Cornelia finally pulled into the harbor in Duluth yesterday, a scene we never tire of watching and a scene we’ve never watched without wondering if there’s a worse job in the world than working on a saltie? We don’t know the answer to the question because we’ve never worked on a saltie nor Read more →

Politics

You didn’t vote? Why not?

Bob Collins November 11, 2016, 6:28 AM Nov 11, 2016

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Seventy-four percent of eligible Minnesotans voted. But that’s down from the last election, which was down from the election before that.

Had we matched 2012’s turnout, another 78,000 people would’ve voted.
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Politics

The selling of President Trump

Bob Collins November 10, 2016, 12:12 PM Nov 10, 2016

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This is typically the awkward time in American politics when a president-elect has to attempt to pull the nation together.

Part of the way that’s done is to assure the people who didn’t vote for a candidate that the person who won isn’t really what the candidate presented during a campaign. That’s the way these things go, they say. You have to do things to get elected.
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People doing good · Sports

Barnesville football player survives the very worst life can throw at him

Bob Collins November 10, 2016, 10:16 AM Nov 10, 2016

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The chances are pretty good that few kids playing high school football in Minnesota have had the kind of life Dominic Leu has had.

The Barnesville, Minn., defensive end’s story, fantastically told in the Fargo Forum today, renews an old reflection and question: Why is it some kids survive the very worst life can throw at you and others do not? Read more →

Education

Maple Grove kids fight back against the racists

Bob Collins November 10, 2016, 8:49 AM Nov 10, 2016

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The kids of Maple Grove Senior High School did what they could today to fight back against the racist graffiti that was scrawled on the walls of a bathroom yesterday.

They lined up to welcome everyone to the school today. And the principal ended his daily announcement with ‘I love you all,’ I’m told by a parent. Read more →

Politics

Though not on the ballot Tuesday, Klobuchar emerges a winner

Bob Collins November 10, 2016, 8:12 AM Nov 10, 2016

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The pundits who got things so wrong in the election are still working today and we’re still paying attention to what they’re saying. Nothing else to do until January, we suppose.

They’ve switched from writing about the death of the Republican Party to writing about the death of the Democratic Party. Read more →

Education

The art of the obituary: Larry Potter

Bob Collins November 9, 2016, 10:12 PM Nov 9, 2016

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Larry Potter was a black man in mostly-white Moorhead. For many students, he was the first African American they’d ever encountered. They were glad they did. Read more →

Education

Racist messages scrawled in bathroom at Maple Grove school

Bob Collins November 9, 2016, 10:11 PM Nov 9, 2016

A Minnesota school got off to a rocky start on the road to making American great again today when someone sprawled racist graffiti in the school bathroom.

Parent Fred Ndip posted images on his Facebook page. Read more →