Bob Collins
Who’s not paying taxes, the devil in the front lawn, the key to the flu, the disappearing glaciers, and in sickness and in health.
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for October 2011
Tyler’s touchddown
Maybe the chances of harm from the PSA test are higher than the chances of discovering something that can kill you. Both present a gamble that men have to make.
Goodness and tragedy at the finish line, drive-in memories, an anniversary on the farm, Sgt. Prince’s final trip, and the hyperbole of mental illness.
The harvest haze
David Cazares
Toni Randolph of MPR news had a chance to meet Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a Harvard-educated economist, last fall as part of a trip sponsored by the International Reporting Project. Johnson Sirleaf is one of three recipients of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in November 2010 We asked Toni Read more →
Fascinating, and maybe a little scary: Wired’s Noah Shachtman reports that a computer virus has infected the U.S. military’s fleet of unmanned aircraft, or drones. Excerpt: A computer virus has infected the cockpits of America’s Predator and Reaper drones, logging pilots’ every keystroke as they remotely fly missions over Afghanistan and other warzones. The virus, Read more →
Adventures in uncomfortable theater
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Hart Van Denburg
Every now and again cable news becomes relevant. It never seems to be about the news it reports, but rather the news it makes.
Getting life out of the way, the turtleneck and toothpick comebacks, bring on winter, just keep riding, and the mystery of the universe.
An actor lives here
Warm temperatures in October is pretty fun, as long as you don’t think too much about the wrongness of it all.