Bob Collins
We’re not even at the end of it yet and it’s already been an odd week for trying to establish parallels with football.
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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for November 2014
Only about 50 percent of the “eligible” (not to be confused with “registered”) voters in Minnesota bothered to go to the polls on Tuesday, and Wednesday featured the usual amount of “tsk tsk’ing” from people who did. Is it bad that half the people didn’t bother to vote, especially when Minnesota made it easier this Read more →
Though we’ve never met anyone who actually eats Wheaties, this new box is the sort of thing that can make a person give it a try. Read more →
Welcome to the airport security line with we little people, NFL players! Read more →
AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd has been arrested in New Zealand and charged with attempting to hire a hit man.
The Washington Post gets right to the main issue: What does this mean for the band? Read more →
The Minnesota State High School League, the governing body of high school sports, is pretty strict about talented kids jumping from school to school. When a kid transfers, he/she has to sit out a year. Otherwise, high school athletics would become like the pros — ‘free agents’ would be jumping from school to school.
Should it make a difference if the athlete has a disability? Read more →
Public safety officials can probably cancel the PR campaign against texting and driving and concentrate instead on making drivers pay a stiff price for doing it, if a survey out today is any indication. Read more →
Even good times are tough times for farmers. Read more →
The Minnesota State High School League may yet acknowledge two high school girls whom it disqualified for helping another runner at state cross country meet in Northfield last week. Read more →
Having failed to get a vote in the Senate after the House voted more than 50 times to repeal the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare), Republicans rode the horse to take control in the Senate. Now, GOP leadership may moderate its attack on the health care law.
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An odd thing happened when Senate candidate Mike McFadden gave his concession speech last night. He gave a campaign speech.
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When a few Republicans stood up to the party platform last year and voted to legalize same-sex marriage in Minnesota, some saw it as a gutsy move. But maybe they just knew their voters. Read more →
Arnold Abbott might go to jail for making sure the hungry and homeless have something to eat in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Read more →
If you’re a public radio fan, you probably already know about Serial, the podcast from the creators of This American Life.
The series explores the 1999 killing of Hae Min Lee, a popular high-school senior in Baltimore. Her ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, is serving time for her murder.
If reported traditionally, it’s just another murder with just another person serving time who says he didn’t do it. Read more →
There can be no more unimaginative photo in all of news than the one of a candidate voting. Read more →