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Tag: civility

Arts & Culture

Turn off your phone, watch the show. Why is that so hard?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 5, 2018, 9:16 AM Sep 5, 2018
38

A letter in the Star Tribune today seems like an invitation to engage in one of our favorite spectator sports: watching and listening to theater- and concert-goers blow the whistle on their audience mates. It’s a problem even at “Hamilton.” Read more →

Politics · Sports

Political hate speech reaches the basketball court

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 15, 2016, 9:40 AM Mar 15, 2016
52

Meanness is in in America these days. And, slowly, so is the utter lack of sportsmanship by fans at high school basketball games. Read more →

Politics

MN Senate, dogs, show us the path to civil politics

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 8, 2015, 7:38 AM May 8, 2015
1

NPR has latched onto the biggest Minnesota controversy of the legislative session so far — eye contact.
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