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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for October 2011

Anatomy of a bike theft

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 18, 2011, 1:05 PM Oct 18, 2011
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An Inver Grove Heights woman captures video of the kids who stole her son’s bike.

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What money can buy at Christmas

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 18, 2011, 12:36 PM Oct 18, 2011
1

At a time when 99 percent and 1 percent are feuding, this might not be the best time to make a big splash out of extravagant and wasteful wealth.

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You are editor: The picture

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 18, 2011, 11:43 AM Oct 18, 2011
5

You have two photos to explain a moment. Which one do you choose?

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The Vikings’ ‘delusion’

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 18, 2011, 10:12 AM Oct 18, 2011
5

One can get a pretty good feel for the political will to build a football stadium for Zygi Wilf and his Minnesota Vikings by noting the opinions of some of the not-connected-to-the-Vikings-nor-politicians people who a reasonable person might expect would support the notion. Rick Prescott, writer of the BallPark Magic blog, for example, makes clear Read more →

Five by 8

NPR ombudsman tackles ‘too liberal’ (5×8 – 10/18/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 18, 2011, 7:28 AM Oct 18, 2011
1

NPR and the sound of whiteness, the love for Rachel, a letter from Goldman Sachs, the breathtaking world of the iPhone camera, and can women in TV news grow old?

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The secret world of the ‘innocent’ detainee’s effort to be free

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 17, 2011, 3:34 PM Oct 17, 2011
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At some point, a redacted opinion will be issued and we might be more informed about what we’re not supposed to know.

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Forrest Gump and the First Amendment

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 17, 2011, 1:15 PM Oct 17, 2011
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The Supreme Court will decide whether people who falsely claim military medals should go to jail.

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They didn’t tell me I couldn’t have a gun

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 17, 2011, 10:45 AM Oct 17, 2011
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A Shakopee man wanted his domestic assault conviction overturned because his lawyer didn’t tell him pleading guilty would prevent him from owning a gun.

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For Wells Fargo, record profits not good enough

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 17, 2011, 10:35 AM Oct 17, 2011
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Wall Street is one tough taskmaster. It is being characterized as “disappointed” in the earnings reported today by Wells Fargo bank and, as a result, the Dow industrials are dropping. What did Wells Fargo do to warrant such scorn? It reported a $4.1 billion profit in the third quarter, a 21-percent increase over a year Read more →

Five by 8

The road that should be traveled (5×8 – 10/17/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 17, 2011, 7:11 AM Oct 17, 2011
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The Sollidago Riders, an ‘occupied’ wedding, fear and hate in downtown Minneapolis, the things that aren’t forever, and it’s never too late.

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A Thousand Words: iJoy

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 15, 2011, 8:28 AM Oct 15, 2011
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This person just bought a phone.

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Is a cross just a cross?

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 14, 2011, 2:03 PM Oct 14, 2011
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The Supreme Court could decide once and for all whether a cross by the side of a public highway is a government endorsement of religion.

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‘We do,’ but they don’t

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 14, 2011, 12:11 PM Oct 14, 2011
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Lost in all the coverage of Occupy Wall Street, is a protest that has been quietly going on over the last two weeks in Asheville, NC.

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The ER wait

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 14, 2011, 11:14 AM Oct 14, 2011

A new study out this week confirms that the growing number of ER visits for children is chiefly because of mental health woes.

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Are reporters lobbyists?

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 14, 2011, 10:41 AM Oct 14, 2011
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What part of the First Amendment don’t government officials get? On some days, most of it.

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