MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for December 2012

Who owns your medical data?

Bob Collins December 4, 2012, 2:06 PM Dec 4, 2012

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Privacy and ethics laws can’t possibly keep up with the pace of medical technology.

In matters of guilt and innocence, getting it right is time well spent

Bob Collins December 4, 2012, 1:08 PM Dec 4, 2012

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Releasing Ryan Larson doesn’t mean he didn’t do it. It doesn’t mean he did do it. It means the justice system works.

People doing good

People doing good: The Sandy volunteers

Bob Collins December 4, 2012, 12:23 PM Dec 4, 2012

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You’re a 95-year-old man whose home has been destroyed by Hurricane Sandy. Where do you start to pick up the pieces when you’re 95?

The value of images of people about to die

Bob Collins December 4, 2012, 10:52 AM Dec 4, 2012

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People who object to images of people about to die also tend to remember the story with which they’re connected.

The economic war between the states (5×8 – 12/4/12)

Bob Collins December 4, 2012, 7:42 AM Dec 4, 2012

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Are subsidies and incentives worth much, the last prom in Onamia, Mr. Johnson’s opus, we’re more preoccupied with our phones than each other, and Love unplugged.

Hockey without checking?

Bob Collins December 3, 2012, 12:22 PM Dec 3, 2012

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About 15 percent of injuries to 9 to 16-year-old hockey players are concussions — a direct result of body checking.

Timewasters: The landings

Bob Collins December 3, 2012, 11:59 AM Dec 3, 2012

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Of no particular value other than it’s awesomeness is this video posted today showing every landing in San Diego over a four-and-a-half-hour span on Black Friday.

Why they knit

Bob Collins December 3, 2012, 11:35 AM Dec 3, 2012

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Maybe there’d be less violence in the news if more people knit.

Happy endings and real life (5×8- 12/3/12)

Bob Collins December 3, 2012, 7:10 AM Dec 3, 2012

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Shoeless again in New York, Hibbing vs. Dylan, worked up at a football game, Winona’s elf, and is the 5-second rule real?

The lost story in Kansas City

Bob Collins December 1, 2012, 11:04 AM Dec 1, 2012

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How much do we elevate the importance of professional football players? A tragedy in Kansas City today provides an answer.