Bob Collins
Someone will probably ask Richard Overton the secret to longevity today and he’ll respond with his usual answer: ‘Not dying.’
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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for May 2018
Dwane Casey has made a habit of coaching well and losing his job. Read more →
The Alpharetta, Georgia police chief invoked the ‘this is not who we are’ reaction to the latest display of police escalating a situation, releasing a video on Facebook that shows five police officers — all white men — wrestling a 65-year-old African American woman to the ground. Read more →
Say what you want about John McCain, but you’ll likely not see a politician do what he did in Lakeville in 2008. Read more →
Debbie Kujava and her brother, Dennis Kujava, are settling in as millionaires just fine, thank you very much. There are no sad stories about the burden of new money in Ross, Minn. Read more →
Here are the stories, topics, and guests you’ll hear today on MPR News. Read more →
Canada has been on a roll — PR wise — in recent years but an ugly incident at a Denny’s has proven there are no boundaries for racists. Read more →
Theme of the day: School custodians. Here are three stories on the subject.
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Any driver knows that the vehicle making the turn yields the right of way to oncoming traffic. So why was the first question whether the cyclist was wearing a helmet? And how might the stories be different today if the answer was ‘no'”? Read more →
We love our sports and the people who play them, but something is a little out of whack. Football players aren’t going to change many people’s lives. Teachers? That’s another story. Read more →
Privacy laws are going to prevent a lot of people from talking, but the story of the death of Shannon Shaw, 49, of Waite Park, Minn., may well serve as a reality check on “supporting our troops.” Read more →
Hockey is a sport played mostly by white people, and that’s just the way too many hockey fans want to keep it.
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Here are the stories, topics, and guests you’ll hear today if you listen to MPR News. Read more →
It’s a low bar to be a terrorist in Wisconsin. Read more →
Now that commencement season is well underway, the find-a-job era begins in earnest.
The days of just throwing a resume in the mail are over, of course. You’ve got to be creative to stand out.
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