Bob Collins
The inability to plan a future, time is up for old white people, want to buy a hot coleus, the angry Lego, andthe boys of Wasioja. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for June 2013
The NSA says spying disrupted attacks, Snowden talks, the 10-year old gets a lung transplant, an ultrasound bill advances in Wisconsin, and a new candidate for Bachmann’s seat. Read more →
How can someone leave a kid in a car seat for hours in a closed-up mini-van? Read more →
Walter Smith, 91, of Racine, Wisconsin almost made it. The World War II veteran was diagnosed with colon cancer four years ago and this week he was on the list of veterans to be honored with an “honor flight,” in which World War II vets are flown to the World War II Memorial in Washington Read more →
What do the end of the military draft, voting online, and paying extra to go to the head of the line at Universal Studios have in common? WBUR’s Cognoscenti blog says they’re all examples of the declining shared experience in America. The common American experience is disappearing. The single most important loss was President Richard Read more →
It was like old times at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison today when senators abruptly cut off debate and passed a bill requiring ultrasounds for women seeking an abortion. The Senate had debated the bill yesterday but resumed this morning. “It became popular in the ’60s,” Sen. Mary Lazich (R-New Berlin) said. “It became Read more →
Not many projects get underway around Saint Paul without cleaning up the contaminated soil under it. Read more →
The genie who won’t go back in the bottle, the ‘D’ word, let the youth sports’ berating begin, blaming the victim in assault cases, and should you tip your pilot? Read more →
Nate MinorIn a satire piece on GlobalPost.com, Peter Gelling explores the language US journalists use when covering foreign countries. Human rights activists say revelations that the US regime has expanded its domestic surveillance program to private phone carriers is more evidence of the North American country’s pivot toward authoritarianism. The Guardian, a British newspaper, reported this Read more →
Payday Loans by Steve Rhodes, on Flickr They go by a variety of names, but payday loan shops usually have a common theme: Money is available for you, and it’s available now. Of course, it’s not as simple as that. Sure, you get your $500 or $1,000 to make that rent payment or emergency medical Read more →
What will happen to Edward Snowden? What happened in Santa Monica? Is New York City to be the new Birmingham, Alabama? A DFL candidate finally emerges to challenge for Rep. Bachmann’s old seat, and all about the court case of the abused woman who was faced with a choice to take a beating or drive drunk to escape. Read more →
A World War II bomber is raised from the English Channel, more than 70 years after it crashed. Read more →
If you drive a car while intoxicated in order to avoid being beaten by your husband, you cannot avoid a drunk driving license revocation, the Minnesota Court of Appeals has ruled. Read more →
The Snowden question, why do tickets at ballparks cost much more than you think, healthy trees and the ‘me generation,’ is it art, and head for the bikes! Read more →