Bob CollinsMemorial Day is the only holiday with a specific directive for how the flag is to be displayed.
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
By Bob Collins
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Five by 8 – 5/28/10: The names we don’t know
On a make-it-or-break-it day for the future of the earth’s environment, it was a bear in Ely that got our attention this week.
The problem of crime in the city is likely more complex than white people buying marijuana.
How do we decide what’s worth protesting? Why polls are useless. A brisk business in flag-burning. The smoking two-year-old. And peeking in Northfield’s window.
What’s in the news today? The same thing that’s been in the news for more than a month — only worse.
BP reports (via Twitter) that it has started the attempt to cap the oil well on the sea floor in the Gulf of Mexico.
The perils of outdoor baseball, the Constitutional Convention by Twitter, should the government step in to protect Facebook users, the excitement of new citizens, and remembering Bill Hinkley.