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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for October 2012

The Twitter concerto

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 24, 2012, 1:44 PM Oct 24, 2012
5

This might be one of the prettiest tweets ever.

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Is the Bachmann-Graves race as close as the narrative suggests?

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 24, 2012, 11:46 AM Oct 24, 2012
17

It’s always interesting to have the national media drop in on congressional districts in Minnesota to capture the sentiment of flyover country.

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Five by 8

When to speak up. When to let it go (5×8 – 10/24/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 24, 2012, 7:16 AM Oct 24, 2012
16

The company you keep, the digital candidate, the conservative Bruce, Empty America, and the Mississippi River’s houseboat life.

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Revisiting the Radiolab interview

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 23, 2012, 3:06 PM Oct 23, 2012
9

What really happened in a national radio interview with a Hmong family from Brooklyn Center?

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1,000 words: The last vote

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 23, 2012, 1:41 PM Oct 23, 2012
8

Sometimes the people you fear the most, the people who others once thought unworthy of the benefits of freedom, become the very picture of it.

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The debate in animation

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 23, 2012, 10:37 AM Oct 23, 2012

A political debate isn’t over until NMA says it’s over.

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Five by 8

Adults and youth sports (5×8 – 10/23/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 23, 2012, 7:35 AM Oct 23, 2012
8

The messages we send, why are elections held on Tuesday, hooked on Mommy’s heroin, the seven-hour marathoner, and asking for help and getting it in North Dakota.

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Live blog: The final debate

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 22, 2012, 7:30 PM Oct 22, 2012

It’s almost over. Tonight’s presidential debate, focusing on foreign policy issues, is the last of the debates.

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E pluribus whatever

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 22, 2012, 2:52 PM Oct 22, 2012
12

The wrong symbol of the nation is being used at the presidential debates.

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The drinking game and political debates

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 22, 2012, 12:15 PM Oct 22, 2012
4

Are political drinking games a bad thing?

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Is a reduction of hours a good reason to quit?

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 22, 2012, 10:56 AM Oct 22, 2012
6

The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled today that employees whose hours are reduced by employers do not have to complain about the reductions in order to qualify for unemployment benefits when they quit.

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The Means interviews

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 22, 2012, 10:38 AM Oct 22, 2012

‘The genocide of my people is almost complete,’ Russell Means said in this 2009 interview.

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Five by 8

Unplanned adventure, loss, and gratitude (5×8 – 10/22/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 22, 2012, 7:15 AM Oct 22, 2012
3

Unplanned adventure, loss, and gratitude; the electoral college, the lessons of high school sports, rehab from inside rehab, and the North Shore from above.

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People doing good

Serving up a little dignity

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 20, 2012, 9:19 AM Oct 20, 2012
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Down in Lawrenceville, Kansas, one of the homeless shelters serves up food with a little dignity. The people who struggle for a meal aren’t the only ones who benefit.

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The brink of oblivion: Color photos of Nazi-occupied Poland

Nate Minor October 19, 2012, 4:17 PM Oct 19, 2012
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Life Magazine has a collection of color photos from Nazi-occupied Poland.

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