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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for August 2012

Life, death, and the Olympics

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 2, 2012, 11:09 AM Aug 2, 2012
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Who’s the more impressive Olympian: the one who won a gold but is too fragile to be distracted by life, or the one who faces the realities of life head-on and competes anyway?

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Five by 8

The soldiers’ quilter (5×8 – 8/2/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 2, 2012, 7:38 AM Aug 2, 2012
11

Sewing for soldiers, a new direction in treating mental illness, tax-free gold for Olympians, the bad grammar debate, and the happiness experiment.

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Congress ends three-year drought on climate change discussions

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 1, 2012, 3:36 PM Aug 1, 2012
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For a situation that most knowledgeable scientists say is an increasing crisis facing the planet, Congress has gone pretty light in learning about climate change.

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Economic segregation increasing even as racial segregation eases

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 1, 2012, 12:05 PM Aug 1, 2012

Is there economic diversity where we live? A new study questions why economic segregation is increasing.

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The jobs we do

The lighthouse keepers on the bridge

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 1, 2012, 10:52 AM Aug 1, 2012
4

Like the lighthouse keepers before them, eventually the last bridge requiring a human to operate it will likely disappear.

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Five by 8

The bridge collapse at 5 (5×8 – 8/1/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 1, 2012, 7:33 AM Aug 1, 2012
5

The bearers of bad news, the death of intellect, people doing good, politics religion and business, and now this message from winter.

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