Bob Collins
Strib apologizes for Souhan column, then pretty much repeats it; a toast to Doris; on ‘thoughts and prayers,’ the limits of free speech online, and the homeless man who gave a pile of money back. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Five by 8
To be imperfect in a world of perfect, a solution to what ails the Iron Range, how to find a kidney, what does America want for health care anyway, and the Replacements in Chicago. Read more →
The people who caused the economic collapse are doing very well, the woman shamed for using an EBT card in Edina, the kids who grind and the ones who don’t, an honorable Lanesboro man returns a sword to Japan, and the fracking map revealed. Read more →
Vladimir Putin’s letter to the USA, transparency and Minneapolis crime statistics, ‘Pink’s’ obituary, the long mountain climb for several disabled soldiers, and no child left untableted. Read more →
The day terrorists hit a lucky shot, with this ring she brought jobs to Minnesota, the failure of the railroad vision, the Star Tribune Bachmann editorial, and the people who wash windows. Read more →
What does Arctic ice tell us, shopping Moorhead and Moorhead only, trading your adopted child, teaching our kids to be criminals, and ballooning the St. Croix Valley. Read more →
The search for common ground in the mining debate, the smartphone addiction, why Sioux Falls has won James Fallows’ heart, struggles of mainline churches, and yeah, you’re gay, now how about cleaning your room? Read more →
Less work and more play, in defense of the gamers, banishing parade squatters, idiocy in the news, and teaching cancer to cry. Read more →
Diana Nyad’s journey from rape, the end of NPR ‘thank you’s,’ why don’t people still know what PTSD is, a home for a quilt, and a return to Herman. Read more →
A town ball state of mind, county fairs and cat video season, New York says mosques are terrorist organizations, eyes on lake homeowners, and the liquor store drive-thru lanes. Read more →
What would you do if you owned the MLK speech, whose house will MSP jets fly over, why Millennials hate the telephone, the ‘mind meld’ is real, and why you could be liable for texting someone who is driving. Read more →
Are you sending your kids to school, how not to get attacked by a wolf, pawn shops are the new banks, the man with no arm meets the girl with no hand, and this one is for the lovers. Read more →
People don’t really love their dogs more than humanity, it’s not the heat; it’s the fire, the FAA grounds journalists, when Hollywood is real, and why are there shoes on power lines? Read more →
Workers too loyal? Nursing home tasers and the young face of a civil war. Read more →
The ‘user fee’ to get an education, predicting suicide, Indian foster care controversy in South Dakota expands, a Shaina Briscoe update, and Ben Garvin’s magic beard. Read more →