Bob Collins
It can be tough to be a fan of live, professional theater in rural Minnesota. In Plainview, the Jon Hassler Theater is closing for good after 14 years. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for November 2013
From Brainerd to Bataan, the people with untold stories, how others see us, how not to use Twitter, and squat for a ride. Read more →
What is Minnesota going to do with the sex offenders who’ve already served time for their crimes, and now are being incarcerated for ‘treatment,’ which isn’t really treatment as much as it is ‘keeping them off the streets for what they might do?’ Read more →
Last month’s sudden — and somewhat mysterious — closing of Jerabek’s Bakery in Saint Paul apparently will be followed by a sudden — and equally mysterious — reopening. Read more →
Paul Tosto
Stocks and high value housing have led wealth recovery, which is why many Americans don’t feel recovered. Read more →
Why on earth would people pick on the woman who once graced the front page of HealthCare.gov? Read more →
Professor to give $4,000 to prove a theory, the power of saying ‘I’m sorry,’ Concordia students battle the ‘bottoms up’ brigade at the Capitol, whatever happened to that promise to lower property taxes in Minnesota, and our quest to mean something to somebody. Read more →
Relief is just now starting to reach the hardest hit areas of the Philippines, a do-over for Target Center, the latest wolf tally from the Minnesota hunt, legalizing peddle pubs in Wisconsin, the death-row inmate who’s not allowed to donate his organs to his family, and a new study says depression makes us physically older. Read more →
Ever since the city of Saint Paul started wooing a grocery store for downtown that would scream ‘upscale,’ plenty of people have wondered what would happen to the grocery that doesn’t. Read more →
Locally Laid, the Wrenshall, Minn., egg farm, is one of four finalists now in Intuit’s promotion to buy a Super Bowl commercial for one small business in America. Read more →
What’s the first thing to do after a disaster takes everything away from you? Read more →
An undignified end for ‘Old Blue,’ why is ethanol bad for everyone but farmers, websites that close at night, the racist with a black past, and the difference between men’s and women’s college hockey. Read more →
A Gold Glove, batting-title winning catcher is more valuable — since there are not a lot of them — is a lot more valuable than a high-average, low-power first baseman. At $23 million a year, that’s a lot of money to pay. Read more →
The Braves are abandoning a stadium that is just 17 years old, but yet needs “hundreds of millions of dollars in improvements. Read more →
Tough times for the non-hunter in Minnesota, your kid isn’t your best friend, is it possible to succeed in the Oil Patch without others failing, Car2Go hits the streets of Minneapolis, and Jerry Kill quiets the critics. Read more →