Bob Collins
William Tentis, 64, is one of the many people who hold cardboard signs around St. Paul.
His says ‘Veteran.10 yrs Army. God Bless.’
It’s been five years since he’s held a job Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for February 2017
If you’re not careful, the extent to which life is inherently unfair can knock you down so hard that you don’t want to get up.
Logan Schoenhardt’s story is like that. Read more →
It’s still not a lot of fun flying from Point A to Point B in the United States, but the airlines’ performance is the best in 22 years, a report from the Department of Transportation says today. U.S. airlines canceled just 1.17 percent of scheduled flights for the year 2016, the lowest in decades. Read more →
The Twin Cities online arts and creativity magazine The Line announced today it’s shutting down today. Read more →
Read it while you still can. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources magazine is on Gov. Scott Walker’s chopping block.
The bimonthly magazine would be eliminated as part of the governor’s budget plan, even though it would have no effect on the state’s budget. Read more →
When it comes to mental health, we’ve all become expert at looking the other way. Read more →
There are two girls on the co-ed squad and when the CYO found out, it said the girls played ‘illegally.’
When the kids took the floor against the lineup from St. Bartholomew the Apostle, the refs were told not to work the game. No girls! Read more →
Perhaps it’s only coincidence that the Minnesota coaches association announcement came days after the owner of the Mr. Basketball award in the state found himself in hot water for anti-Muslim tweets, but the association has made the right decision in announcing a statewide award in honor of a man who would do no such thing.
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Sit right down here, sonny, and let your old grandpa tell you about the time we drove cars and trucks onto the ice on Leech Lake for the annual Eelpout Festival. Read more →
The ground hog gets far too much attention for predicting spring.
This is better.
Today, the first baseball team — the Cleveland Indians — reported to spring training. Read more →
It’s only a house that’s the subject of a New York Times story today about a house once purchased by Lou Gehrig, but it’s got plenty of history to document that people can be awfully tough on people.
Is it time to let the air out of the Mr. Basketball award in Minnesota?
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Back when I first wrote about their dilemma two years ago, things looked bleak for Kevin and Lori Johnson, of Madison Lake, Minn., who have cared for Kirk Williams, a disabled veteran, for more than 25 years. Read more →
The people on the Iron Range, whose politics now matches the color of its topography, have a lot riding on the president’s promise to bring the steel industry back. Read more →
Given the characterization of mental illness, it’s safe to say that an enduring ‘Popeye’ Charping’s legacy is that he wasn’t very good at being a spouse and parent. Read more →