Bob Collins
What kind of weird economy do we have when we have to start rooting for higher oil prices? Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for December 2014
Climax-Fisher beat Bagley in double overtime and doing so with just three players on the floor.
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Sophie Fellows, 9, was playing in a holiday concert in Vermont last week when she suddenly was overcome by a headache. She couldn’t finish the performance.
Sophie is in love with music and, in particular, the violin.
And her friends and music teacher are in love with her. Read more →
But 44 percent of the men in the survey said there were jobs in their area, but they’re not willing to take them. Read more →
In the event there was still any doubt, a couple of researchers today say they’ve got proof men are stupider than women. Read more →
Remember that post I wrote this morning that with the Serial podcast we have to constantly recalibrate ourselves to remember that a real person died and other lives have been ruined, despite our entertainment with the subject?
Best Buy didn’t read it. Read more →
Is our obsession with photographing everything we see making flying less safe? Read more →
Another area businesses has prevailed in its refusal to cover contraceptive costs in its health-care plan because of the owners’ religious beliefs. Read more →
Who should own this old casket? Or any old casket, for that matter.
A judge in Texas may decide the question soon. It once held JFK-killer Lee Harvey Oswald. Read more →
Another episode of Serial popped up in the podcast directory today. There’s only one left in the inaugural season of the podcast, which has redefined the standards by which all future podcasts are judged. Read more →
This is way better than dumping ice water on your head.
The Grand Forks Herald staff recently tried lutefisk the infamous Norwegian dish that makes any reasonable person wonder where Norwegieans went wrong, exactly. Read more →
Minneapolis residents confronted the Minneapolis City Council last night over that body’s previous cuts to energy and racial equity programs.
It was democracy in action. Or it was insulting. It depends on whom you ask. Read more →
Cindi Grady’s 2002 Hyundai was in bad shape, what with the shattered passenger side window, the driver’s side window that wouldn’t go up, the damaged hood that was fastened down with somebody’s belt, and the bent frame that made it drive like a crab. Read more →
When it comes to human behavior and the economy, everything old is new again. Read more →
It’s the biggest scandal since Tom the chauffeur knocked up a Crowley. Read more →