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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for May 2009

This or That

Blogging the ride

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 13, 2009, 3:23 PM May 13, 2009
16

Testing the allure of bike-to-work week, suburban style.

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A forced relationship with Apple?

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 13, 2009, 2:53 PM May 13, 2009
3

Should college kids be required to buy an iPhone?

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Why is torture seductive?

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 13, 2009, 1:59 PM May 13, 2009
3

Is the media working overtime to justify the use of torture?

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Five at 8: May 13, 2009

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 13, 2009, 8:00 AM May 13, 2009
3

Unemployed lawyers, creepy old men, Twitter in space, security at the Capitol, The Madoff Affair, crooked congressmen, and the silence at the Lake Harriet band shell.

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Biking with Bob

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 12, 2009, 7:33 PM May 12, 2009
13

I’m hosting a chat on bicycling to work on Thursday, so I might as well try to figure out why so many bicyclists are so keen on other people riding bikes to work, too.

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Chattel and cattle

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 12, 2009, 3:40 PM May 12, 2009
3

Reparations from a U.S. bombing raid in Afghanistan will help the men buy new wives.

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A question of safety

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 12, 2009, 11:52 AM May 12, 2009
1

The reality of regional airlines is there are pilots who are unsafe.

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The last gasps of Bear Stearns

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 12, 2009, 10:42 AM May 12, 2009
1

A new book shows how quickly financial ruin can occur.

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Five at 8 – May 12, 2009

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 12, 2009, 7:57 AM May 12, 2009
4

Stifling a senatorial yawn, shoving Jim Lehrer aside, whatever happened to the swine flu, an end to vocal chords, and Tom Friedman for $75k.

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Asleep at the wheel?

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 11, 2009, 4:23 PM May 11, 2009
2

Business reporters assess their performance.

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A failure to communicate

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 11, 2009, 3:26 PM May 11, 2009
5

Some newfangled communication tools are being used to unsnarl the coming Minnesota budget impasse. It might be time for the old-fashioned kind.

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Gas prices jumping

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 11, 2009, 1:24 PM May 11, 2009
3

The last time Minnesota gas prices reached these levels while increasing was when a budget dispute between the Legislature and governor forced a shutdown.

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After Saberi

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 11, 2009, 11:37 AM May 11, 2009
2

Salon.com’s Glenn Greenwald finds journalistic hypocrisy in the backpatting going on following the release of journalist Roxana Saberi.

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Should priests be celibate?

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 11, 2009, 10:00 AM May 11, 2009
7

A popular TV priest puts the question in the spotlight.

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Five at 8: May 11, 2009

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 11, 2009, 7:47 AM May 11, 2009
1

The history of overrides, Hubble, war games’ new look, people who get to play for a living, and credit-card-debt free by 25.

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