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Secrets of the school board (5×8 – 2/23/12)

Bob Collins February 23, 2012, 7:29 AM Feb 23, 2012

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The value of a right to know, upon further review of the racist Lin headline, money vs. morals in Texas, dispatches from the weak ice, and the value of collecting.

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Time travel? Never mind

Bob Collins February 22, 2012, 5:10 PM Feb 22, 2012

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Never doubt Einstein.

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Weighing the freedom to lie

Bob Collins February 22, 2012, 3:49 PM Feb 22, 2012

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Today’s arguments about whether it should be a crime to claim military service and honor when none exists could spawn a more interesting public debate than anything in the public arena over the last few weeks.

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Are Dems keeping the birth control issue alive?

Bob Collins February 22, 2012, 2:48 PM Feb 22, 2012

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Democrats are the ones keeping birth control on the front-burner, Washington Post writer Melinda Henneberger writes this afternoon.

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Appeals Court: Facebook photos aren’t harassment

Bob Collins February 22, 2012, 11:42 AM Feb 22, 2012

The Minnesota Court of Appeals says a Chisago County man cannot sue a person who put pictures of him on a Facebook page.

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Are young people still interested in journalism?

Bob Collins February 22, 2012, 10:57 AM Feb 22, 2012

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A reporter goes to a high school career fair and finds no one interested in what she does.

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Five by 8

Making a state shutdown painless (5X8 – 2/22/12)

Bob Collins February 22, 2012, 7:05 AM Feb 22, 2012

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Who should be pain free, where are the women in the birth control debate, the freedom to be a liar, winter the Minnesota way, a letter to your young self, and a murder most fowl in Minneapolis.

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Why Michele Bachmann couldn’t run in the 4th

Bob Collins February 21, 2012, 1:29 PM Feb 21, 2012

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The Republican congresswoman would have had to significantly improve generally tepid Republican support for her in her new district.

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Two pictures: The earthquakes

Bob Collins February 21, 2012, 12:45 PM Feb 21, 2012

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Few people talk about Haiti anymore, two years after its earthquake.

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Does 13,000 matter?

Bob Collins February 21, 2012, 11:54 AM Feb 21, 2012

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Not much, experts say. So why do we care?

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What’s in a name?

Bob Collins February 21, 2012, 11:03 AM Feb 21, 2012

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Goodbye, Malt O Meal. Hello, “MOM”

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Eagle cam

Bob Collins February 21, 2012, 10:32 AM Feb 21, 2012

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As Cathy Wurzer pointed out this morning, the Decorah Eaglecam is back in action.

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Five by 8

Cash for school? (5×8 – 2/21/12)

Bob Collins February 21, 2012, 7:07 AM Feb 21, 2012

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Should kids be paid to go to school, staying together for the kids — and the state, racism and the hockey fan, does the Internet end on March 8th, and kids and ice fishing.

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