Bob Collins
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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for July 2018
President Trump’s tit-for-tat trade war with China has now reached the cartoon soybean stage. Read more →
I’m generally not a big fan of of the theatrics and drama of people who declare that they’re leaving Twitter. Just go, already, if it’s not for you.
Everyone who’s on Twitter already knows it’s become a cesspool of bickering and politics since, well, you know. That’s not all Twitter is, of course, but it can easily give you a skewed perspective of the human condition and that can be exhausting. Read more →
Bowling is reportedly still the #1 participatory sport in America, Motherboard contends.
Someone has to go to work every day to fix the contraptions that reset the pins.
Someone like Joe Martinez. Read more →
Two women fed their babies at a swimming pool in Mora this week and that’s the sort of thing that people call the cops on in Mora.
Sit tight, Mora. You’re about to get a pool full of nursing women. Read more →
In a small and rare victory for the working stiff, Sun Country Airlines, still in the process of becoming a cheap, no-frills operation, has found failure in its plan to get rid of its own employees in favor of outsourcing the jobs to people who’ll work for less pay and benefits. Read more →
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Dogs. Am I right? Read more →
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It may be comforting to some people to know that no matter how close the country seems to falling apart, the democratic process still works.
If by democratic process you mean that politicians in an election-year fight can still file silly and useless legislation to appeal to their voters. Read more →
If the hogs in Mankato were smart, they’d have made a run for it today when the semi they were in crashed on highway 169. Read more →
What was impressive was not only how quickly Josh Hader’s old tweets raced around the internet, but how quickly they raced around the stadium where the game was being played. Read more →
If people want something, who the heck are bureaucrats to tell people they can’t have it? Read more →
Dick Bancroft wasn’t a photographer by training, but he started photographing Minnesotans involved in the peace movement for the Saint Paul Dispatch newspaper. He went on to chronicle the American Indian Movement. He never sold a picture, he said. Read more →
Lemonade stands? So yesterday. Some kids in West St. Paul are selling comics. Their own comics. Read more →