Bob Collins
An advertising campaign has just been released in the UK, to encourage people to give ex-cons a break. The campaign uses this online video to make the point about how quickly ex-cons can be dismissed. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for October 2013
The narrative that people don’t want vocational jobs doesn’t seem to be supported by the number of trained people still having difficulty find them.
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The suicide crisis among vets, drown your town, are you Minnesota enough, students try to revive broadcasting at the U of M, and why locals don’t want jobs at ski areas. Read more →
Archbishop Nienstedt breaks his silence, Petters asks for the chance to get out of jail alive, the killing of a teacher in Massachusetts, the anniversary of the Beirut barracks bombing, the controversy over an anti-Tea Party ad featuring the KKK and why does pet food come from China?
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If Thanksgiving is going to be just another day to go shopping, do we really need to have it off from work anymore? Read more →
The new voice of NPR is Sabrina Farhi. Read more →
In the unlikely event the Minnesota Twins had surprised us, played decent baseball, and made it to the World Series (which begins tonight, you may have heard), here’s something you wouldn’t be seeing: Two orchestras — St. Louis’ and Boston’s — “playing trash” at each other. Read more →
The Minnesota Supreme Court has rejected a man’s claim that police should be required to obtain a warrant before blood and urine tests determine whether he was driving drunk.
The court ruled today in the case of Wesley Brooks, who was stopped three separate times for suspected drunk driving.
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Information through inaccuracy, the end of NPR’s ‘voice’, what’s in Minnesota’s trash, a hater’s guide to the World Series, and what’s in a chicken nugget? Read more →
How the school shooter in Nevada got his gun, why unemployment is worse for older people, the whistleblower in the St. Paul Archdiocese scandals says she didn’t do enough, the scandalous SponeBob SquarePants headstone, and the walking dead that are the Minnesota Vikings.
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“From where I stand, teachers are the last line of defense against the tyranny of the 1 percent.” That line in a speech during the annual Education Minnesota conference last week put Megan Olivia Hall, the state’s teacher of the year, in the line of fire. Hall, a grade 7-12 science teacher at Open World Read more →
There’s something calming about smashing pumpkins.
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A high school team in Texas beat its Fort Worth-area opponent 91-0 under some Friday night lights. So a parent filed a bullying complaint. Read more →
The staff of NewsCut acknowledges liking a beer as much as the next blogger, but it’s also noticed that more and more economic development in the Twin Cities recently involves brewing more of it. And why not? The immigrants who settled here were master brewers from the old country, the community center in the upper Read more →
When regulations are a good idea, the end of Miami is near, the passing of the last Minnesota survivor of the USS Indianapolis, helping Dusan Travica, and what sustainability looks like. Read more →