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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for December 2012

The last man on the moon

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 13, 2012, 1:07 PM Dec 13, 2012
2

It was 39 years ago today that Gene Cernan and Jack Schmitt became the last men to walk on the moon.

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Northern Lights at the Arctic Circle

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 13, 2012, 12:47 PM Dec 13, 2012
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The best thing about the Northern Lights — OK, maybe the second-best thing about the Northern Lights — is they don’t make music.

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The Keillor question

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 13, 2012, 11:42 AM Dec 13, 2012
15

Keillor again avoids the question of retirement.

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Why women can’t catch a break in the obituaries

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 13, 2012, 10:55 AM Dec 13, 2012
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Why don’t notable women get the same attention when they die that notable men get?

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Five by 8

The ‘suspect’ (5×8 – 12/13/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 13, 2012, 7:35 AM Dec 13, 2012
7

Until proven guilty, Nice Ride’s data problem, painting the American worker, return to Union Station, and the Gift Generator.

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The big thaw

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 12, 2012, 3:40 PM Dec 12, 2012
2

There must be more boring ways of spending a day than sitting and waiting for glaciers to melt and collapse.

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How planes crash

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 12, 2012, 3:21 PM Dec 12, 2012
1

The cemeteries are full of pilots and passengers who tried to land an airplane in bad weather.

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Weather

Embracing winter: Weather Zen

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 12, 2012, 3:07 PM Dec 12, 2012
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When the temperature rises above freezing — as when it hit 36 in the Twin Cities today — there’s a show that seems choreographed by Mother Nature herself.

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December sky

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 12, 2012, 12:57 PM Dec 12, 2012
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North Korea successfully fired a rocket today, raising the possibility of a long-range missile that destabilizes a barely-stable area of the world.

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When the Pope tweets

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 12, 2012, 12:06 PM Dec 12, 2012
1

The pontiff has a way to go to catch up to Lady Gaga.

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Social media, the media, and racism

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 12, 2012, 10:25 AM Dec 12, 2012
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What should a media person do when confronted with an audience member’s opinion he/she sees as racist?

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Five by 8

When rape victims fight back (5×8 – 12/12/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 12, 2012, 7:49 AM Dec 12, 2012
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When you can’t muzzle technology, protesting straight weddings, the bell-ringing marathon, dreaming of a blacktop Christmas, and how do we keep Kevin Love happy?

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Five acts that should be in the R&R Hall of Fame

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 11, 2012, 3:22 PM Dec 11, 2012
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Who’s not in? Plenty of people more talented and meaningful than a few of the musicians who are.

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Surveys and trivia

Rubber duckies in the news

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 11, 2012, 2:13 PM Dec 11, 2012
1

From our ‘here’s something you don’t see every day’ file.

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Amazon caves. A little

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 11, 2012, 1:30 PM Dec 11, 2012
2

A story out of Massachusetts may be the crack in the dam for collection of Internet sales tax receipts.

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