Bob Collins
The Mississippi Queen is back on the river.
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Archives for September 2012
The field of broken dreams
La Tomatina, the annual festival in Bunol, Spain, is a photographer’s dream, and apparently a place for lovers, too.
The bullying antidote, the chance to watch someone fall to their death, the political conventions side by side, the floating bridge of Hastings, and the finest example of the American worker.
There is nothing more inspiring, nothing so pride-filling, as watching people who longed to come to America becoming Americans.
The new political ad from Mitt Romney against Barack Obama will probably appeal to voters with short memories and a lack of context — the bread-and-butter of politicians these days.
Welcome back, football
I get five yellow bananas in a row, but other than that, it’s just a guy pushing buttons, some beeps and an indication whether you won or lost.
Why one man lived, are pesticides good or bad, the Pillager Mud Run, and when you can give up or keep going.
The people of Bus 52 travel the country, stopping in each state to tell stories of people doing good.
A new video documents the former Mr. Minnesota Basketball’s draft night and his anxiety disorder.
Maybe it’s because we in Saint Paul were knee deep in the protests at the 2008 Republican National Convention in the city, but protests at the Democratic convention in Charlotte seem to be getting scant attention.