Bob Collins
Baseball lends itself to a romance that no other sport can provide. This op-doc from a prison this week in the New York Times is proof of that. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for October 2014
If you’re a Millennial, the chances are pretty good you’re getting help from the Bank of Mom and Dad. According to a 2013 study involving a poll of parents, about 74 percent of today’s “emerging adults” receive financial support from their parents.
Stop it, argues a 25-year-old. Read more →
St. Louis County is about to take a big step toward financing roads — a sales tax. Read more →
The original plan to renovate Target Center, home of the NBA Timberwolves and Garth Brooks, is a shell of its former self. Read more →
Almost a year after three people were killed in the crash of a twin-engine plane in Caledonia, Mn., the National Transportation Safety Board is not offering many clues why. Read more →
Which is worse: Forgetting the words to the National Anthem or giving it a new and different interpretation?
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These are the kind of words that, once you read them, you never forget.
‘What keeps me going is remembering why I’m here.’
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The ‘Kryptonite’ U-lock has been conquered by thieves. Read more →
We’re more than a month into the so-called Ebola crisis and so far the number of Americans who’ve contracted the illness here and who weren’t bedside treating Ebola patients in a hospital stands at zero. Still.
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In the wake of last week’s killings in Canada, the haters had their night, but the good people had the daytime.
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Fact: Football has the ratings, hockey has the excitement, basketball has the showbiz, soccer has the …. well, I don’t really understand what soccer has…. but nothing can whip up a community like a city in the throes of a World Series. Read more →
This is how you treat a person with Ebola. Read more →
Your daily dose of sweetness comes today from Sam Cook, the columnist for the Duluth News Tribune. His friend has taken time off from his job in Duluth to head for southwest Minnesota in order to help his brother bring in the harvest. His brother is dying. My buddy doesn’t take time away from work Read more →
The Hobbit is still a thing in New Zealand where Air New Zealand has just debuted another safety video designed to get its passengers to look up from their smartphones during the pre-flight briefing.
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How’s your retirement plan going?
Not so well, if you’re typical of those surveyed by Wells Fargo, which this week said that 41-percent of “middle class” Americans in their 50s are not saving for retirement. Read more →