Bob Collins
What do polls tell us, Vietnam’s long shadow, Rochester’s anti-smoking crusade, what kids can tell us about the recession, and should wind turbines be banned outstate?
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for May 2010
Beating the clock
Three-minute health care, why do men lie more than women, baking Earth, Julie Sweeney’s biology, and the Hamilton flies again.
Than Tibbetts
In a 7-2 decision today, the Supreme Court upheld a federal law allowing the government to hold “sexually dangerous” persons in civil commitment after they have served the length of their criminal sentences.
A sense of scale
Field of Dreams for sale
Behind the scenes of a politician’s life, gushing over an oil spill, the death of Little Orphan Annie, the best illusion of the year, and chasing tornadoes.
In a conference call, the leaders appeared to push Republicans toward an immigration reform proposal that calls for a pathway to citizenship.
The oil spill up close