Bob Collins
A TV reporter reveals his Alzheimer’s secret, is marathoning healthy, Exxon Valdez revisited, the Wadena crucifix, and should nurses strike?
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for June 2010
Tony Hayward, the man deposed last week as the public face of the BP oil spill, is — it turns out — still the public face of the BP oil spill. On his first day off since the April explosion of the Deepwater Horizon, Hayward went to the yacht races yesterday.
After about two months, our short attention span starts to wander from most big news stories. But the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is different.
The former NBA player will be known for far more important things than his exploits with a round ball and a basket.
The opening of the latest Toy Story has people remembering their favorite toy as a child.
The Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics today released a report comparing university spending on athletes vs. those whose primary role at college is academics. Athletes won, the report says.
Inspiration by Mario
There’s a lot of open space in rural Minnesota, and yet tornados struck buildings where few exist yesterday.
Where do you start the clean-up, the life of an airline pilot revealed, death by Twitter, should class rank be eliminated, and why do men lie?
The first severe weather of the season is a boon to those of us who like watching cloud formations.