Bob Collins
Every morning during a national political convention, the state delegations get a pep talk over breakfast.
For the Ohio delegation today, it came from Frank Luntz, the Republican strategist and TV talking head. Read more →
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Archives for July 2016
People of all ages, economic, and social spheres, and diverse backgrounds are ending up at the same places, interacting in whatever way Pokemon Go allows, helping each other along the way, and becoming friends.
What exactly is bad about that? Read more →
I was hoping for a video of epic Gerald Ford proportions when the BBC reported that Secretary of State John Kerry had walked into the door of 10 Downing Street today. Read more →
Two stories in the news today provide a foundation for more discussion on the state of mental health care in Minnesota. Read more →
Why are youth sports coaches getting so fed up with kids and parents and walking away from the job? Let Leon High School in Florida be your guide. Read more →
On a day of opportunity for head scratching yesterday, few itches were as pronounced at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland as Iowa Rep. Steve King’s ill-advised trip into history. Read more →
A Minnesota delegate shows off her American flag shawl, which breaks any number of guidelines in the U.S. Flag Code Read more →
Here’s a question for the muttonhead who stole El Burrito Mercado’s corn roaster over the weekend: What are you going to do with a corn roaster? Read more →
If only Byron Buxton and Miguel Sano had developed the way the Twins had hoped, maybe Terry Ryan would still have a job. Read more →
It’s an admirable effort to provide some solid data to what is usually anecdotal complaining that the network is favoring one candidate or another, and it should provide an opportunity for NPR to self-examine whether it’s falling deeper into the trap of horse race coverage.
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We are now about a year away from a total solar eclipse in North America, the first one on American soil since 1991. You’ll have to drive south to experience it, however.
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You’ve probably seen the hot-air balloons flying over the St. Croix River in the early evening and not thought much about it. But you’re not Hannah Manche, 17.
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John Glenn is 95 years old today. He was, you may have heard, the first American to orbit the earth, willingly climbing atop a bomb to go try something no American had tried before. Read more →
We never tire of the police/public safety dispatches from the mean streets of Minnesota’s smaller communities.
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Up until Sunday morning, there was only one B-29 Superfortress still flying in the United States Read more →