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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for July 2016

Flying into Oshkosh

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 31, 2016, 4:09 PM Jul 31, 2016
12

I doubt you’ll find anything particularly thrilling here but a few people have asked to see another video of what it looks like flying into Oshkosh during the AirVenture show, when it becomes the busiest airport in the world.
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Politics · Regional history

8 years later, long line remains defining Obama moment

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 28, 2016, 8:43 AM Jul 28, 2016
61

There was a lot of sentimentality as I browsed social networks on Wednesday night during President Barack Obama’s speech to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, which naturally allowed me to think about how I’ll remember the last eight years. Read more →

Weather

The rising tide at Fairview and Hwy 36

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 27, 2016, 9:20 PM Jul 27, 2016
6

We suppose by now we should just accept as a given that when it rains, you should be nowhere near Fairview Avenue beneath the Highway 36 overpass.
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Politics

‘Robin Hood’ delegate feels the hate

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 27, 2016, 2:43 PM Jul 27, 2016
17

Sean Kehren doesn’t want to tell you where he’s from.

What matters is he’s going places. Read more →

Arts & Culture

Adios, Car Talk

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 27, 2016, 10:28 AM Jul 27, 2016
46

The hit public radio show that lived longer than one of its hosts will be no more after next year, Current.org, the public media newspaper reports. Read more →

Politics

A woman has been nominated for president. Here’s a picture of her husband

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 27, 2016, 9:57 AM Jul 27, 2016
68

The Chicago Tribune is rightly getting some pushback today for its tone-deaf front page coverage of last evening’s historic moment when a woman was nominated to be the president of the United States by a major party. Read more →

Politics

A political speech sends nation to history books

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 27, 2016, 9:56 AM Jul 27, 2016
7

Honk if you got up yesterday morning thinking it would be the day a national TV network would proudly feature an essay that included a reference to the comfortable life of being a slave in Washington. Read more →

Arts & Culture

Art to reduce stress sparks religious debate in Delano

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 27, 2016, 8:43 AM Jul 27, 2016
23

An artist’s proposal to build a labyrinth in Delano as part of a public arts project is on hold for now after city leaders raised concern that it has religious overtones. Read more →

Crime and Justice

For $262,000, the LaDues will leave Waseca

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 27, 2016, 6:39 AM Jul 27, 2016
4

Ladue is a troubled young man who was charged with plotting a massacre at his high school. How do you go back to a small town after a case like this? You don’t, his father’s GoFundMe effort says. Read more →

Politics

‘Crying Robin Hood’ is a Minnesota hero

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 26, 2016, 3:12 PM Jul 26, 2016
53

Sean Kehren, 22, didn’t do anything to earn the ridicule of the Internet other than be engaged in civic life by, in this case, becoming a delegate from the 8th congressional district to the Democratic National Convention.

He was shown during television coverage last night crying as Bernie Sanders implored his followers to support Hillary Clinton. Read more →

Any landing you can walk away from…

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 26, 2016, 12:32 PM Jul 26, 2016
12

Flying into Oshkosh is pressure-packed for a number of reasons, not the least of which is tens of thousands of people line the runways to watch you land. You don’t want to mess it up.

Not like this pilot did yesterday when landing a 1940s-era A-26 Invader.
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Regional history

The time Kinney, MN seceded

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 26, 2016, 11:37 AM Jul 26, 2016
17

Where’s the spirit of Kinney, Minnesota when we really need it? Read more →

Education

Yes, slaves helped build the White House

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 26, 2016, 10:23 AM Jul 26, 2016
70

Just one question for the nation’s history teachers: What exactly are you teaching as history these days?
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Education

The value of teachers who believe in kids

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 26, 2016, 7:15 AM Jul 26, 2016
6

The story of Habibo Haji in today’s Winona Daily News carries with it an ongoing question: Why do some people survive the worst of childhoods and end up thriving, and others with more do not? Read more →

People doing good

Girl sells lemonade and freeze pops for man’s funeral

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 26, 2016, 6:53 AM Jul 26, 2016
0

If you’ve got a few hours to kill today, why don’t you drive to Fargo and buy a freeze pop and a glass of lemonade? Read more →

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