Bob Collins
News that long-time St. Paul Saints season ticket holders are being squeezed out in the new park is worrisome. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for March 2014
Do we act based on what we know to be true, or merely on what we think to be true? Read more →
It’s March! Welcome to “31 Days Of Thinking About Signing Up for 30 Days of Biking” in April. I usually don’t get further than thinking about it. Registration for those of you who do more than thinking about it opened over the weekend here.
A Memphis TV broadcaster says it’s time to show viewers what she really looks like. Read more →
NPR’s Planet Money has dropped in on La Crosse, Wis., to find out why so many people there have planned for their deaths, writing down what they want to have happen at their end of their lives. Read more →
A woman who works at St. Cloud’s Electrolux is suing the company because it fired her when she urinated in a box on the plant floor, after she was denied the opportunity to take an additional bathroom break beyond that which employees are allowed. Read more →
If some of the statements from the United States in the wake of the Russian takeover of Crimea sound familiar, we need only go back to Russian statements in the aftermath of the U.S. attack on Iraq years ago. Read more →
Politicians are arguing over whether property taxes in Minnesota have dropped. There’s only one way to determine the answer: your checkbook. Read more →