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Archives for January 2015

Sports

Kevin Love isn’t taking the bait

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 30, 2015, 4:10 PM Jan 30, 2015
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Former Minnesota Timberwolves star Kevin returns to the state he spurned tomorrow night when the Cleveland Cavaliers make their one and only appearance at Target Center.
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Education · Politics

The education of U.S. senators: Nothing but the best

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 30, 2015, 3:55 PM Jan 30, 2015
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The people at College Raptor have finally found something that Republicans and Democrats in the United States Senate have in common: Their educations. For the most part, nothing but the best, and disproportionately from the Ivy League.
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Crime and Justice · Health

MN ID’s counties most likely to have drunk drivers

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 30, 2015, 2:12 PM Jan 30, 2015
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The Department of Public Safety has answered the question today in releasing the counties targeted for increased DUI patrols around the Super Bowl. Read more →

Arts & Culture

On the radio, ‘whiteness’ is more than skin deep

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 30, 2015, 12:29 PM Jan 30, 2015
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It’s not much of a secret that public radio is white — really white. The lack of diversity has hardly gone unnoticed locally or nationally. The origins go far deeper than race. Back when I was a young college student, my Boston accent was (mostly) beaten out of me in a voice and articulation class. Read more →

Sports

Ousted gay coach suggests UMD discrimination

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 30, 2015, 10:45 AM Jan 30, 2015
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Soon-to-be-ousted University of Minnesota Duluth women’s hockey coach Shannon Miller is doubling down on her suggestion that her contract isn’t being renewed partly because she’s gay.
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Health · Sports

Why women don’t swim

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 30, 2015, 9:31 AM Jan 30, 2015
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Are women giving up swimming because they’re ashamed of their bodies?
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Arts & Culture

To the poets of our youth

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 30, 2015, 8:30 AM Jan 30, 2015
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If you had teenage angst in the ’60s and ’70s — and who didn’t? — you probably spent time curled up with a Rod McKuen book of poetry or listening to some of his spoken word recordings. Read more →

Sports

Report: Feds used anti-drone radar in Minneapolis

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 30, 2015, 6:46 AM Jan 30, 2015
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Minneapolis was a lab rat for a radar system to detect drones/quadcopters at last year’s All Star Game, the New York Times has revealed today. Read more →

Arts & Culture · Weather

With Amy Poehler’s help, Cambridge shakes off a blizzard

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 29, 2015, 7:00 PM Jan 29, 2015
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A couple of things here. First, tuition at Harvard is $58,607 a year.

Second — and really, more important — remember all that chatter about how East Coast cities don’t know what to do in blizzards. Read more →

Education · Science

Why don’t Americans believe what science tells them?

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 29, 2015, 3:50 PM Jan 29, 2015
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We might dismiss the need for science on the basis that many kids won’t become scientists. But, in fact, we need science so that we can grow up to understand the complex threats that face us. Read more →

Crime and Justice

Hibbing’s most wanted: Burglar with bad taste in beer

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 29, 2015, 3:14 PM Jan 29, 2015
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Do you know anyone who actually likes Keystone Beer? The Hibbing Police Department may want to talk to you. Read more →

Politics

TX lawmaker requires Muslim visitors to renounce terrorism

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 29, 2015, 1:27 PM Jan 29, 2015
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In Texas today, it’s Muslim Capitol Day, an-every-other-year event whose sponsors call it ‘an opportunity for community members to learn about the democratic political process and how to be an advocate for important issues.’

They needn’t call on Rep. Molly White. Read more →

Politics

Sen. McCain to protesters: ‘…you low-life scum’

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 29, 2015, 1:10 PM Jan 29, 2015
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It was old-timers day at the Capitol in Washington today when Sen. John McCain’s Armed Services Committee held a hearing to hear from three former secretaries of state: Henry Kissinger, George Schultz, and Madeline Albright. Read more →

Politics

Time to make public transit free?

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 29, 2015, 12:06 PM Jan 29, 2015
11 Comments

In the wake of our discussion downstream about Gov. Mark Dayton’s plan for tax and fee increases to solve Minnesota’s transportation ills, CityLab has a well-timed article today: Why can’t public transit be free? Read more →

Sports

Timberwolves deliver sweet shot to Kevin Love’s return

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 29, 2015, 10:57 AM Jan 29, 2015
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You’ve got to give the Minnesota Timberwolves marketing team credit. In the face of a nearly unwatchable product, they’re still plugging away trying to create something resembling excitement.
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