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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for February 2013

The Super Bowl ads

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 1, 2013, 12:42 PM Feb 1, 2013
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Since the Patriots aren’t in the Super Bowl, there’s only one reason left to watch it — the commercials. And now there’s not even much of a reason anymore to tune in for those.

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You can’t kill the words that last forever

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 1, 2013, 11:02 AM Feb 1, 2013
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Daniel Pearl, the reporter, uttered these words 11 years ago today, just before he was beheaded by the terrorists who kidnapped him.

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Five by 8

The power of public humiliation (5×8 – 2/1/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 1, 2013, 7:36 AM Feb 1, 2013
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YouTube vs. the thieves of Brainerd, the coupon clipper’s big haul, Alec Soth’s Oil Patch, when failure was an option, and it gets worse in San Francisco.

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