Bob Collins
Embarrassed to ask for a helping hand, the $13,000 raise, taking God out of football, the lucrative lure of bad art, and how was your summer?
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Five by 8
Pawlenty becomes a player, rail riding, the night the Cincinnati Reds met Teddy, the art of recovery, and the crime lab controversy explained.
It’s not just personal responsibility in the fat biz, the over credentialization of our culture, return of the Babe, do we care how the Romney tape came to light, and turning good teachers into great teachers.
The booze barrier at the U, the blame generation, let a thousand Jon Stewarts bloom, I can see your puny lineup from here, and the case of the purple violin.
Rearranging the football brain, remembering Antietam, the wild rice harvest, a concert at your home, and suicide secrecy.
Feeding trolls, if you only had a year to live, political hacking 101, the face in the face, and hockey’s woes explained.
Baseball economics 101, science fiction meets science reality, the death of the ash tree, no outcry over $4 gasoline, and is it too soon for Christmas decorations?
When ‘art’ lights a fuse, should reporters stand for the Pledge of Allegiance, gay or nay in Wahpeton, time to ground flying history, and the civic stories of Northfield.
When is it time to move on, helping with horsepower in South Dakota, the gatherings between the whites and Dakota, why I secretly recorded my life, and even more BWCA videos.
Does ‘community’ matter, the things we do to animals, ‘boom’ times create ‘bust’ people, are you in there, and the Kluwe chronicles.
The bullying antidote, the chance to watch someone fall to their death, the political conventions side by side, the floating bridge of Hastings, and the finest example of the American worker.
Why one man lived, are pesticides good or bad, the Pillager Mud Run, and when you can give up or keep going.
Is there really a difference, Lambeau Field by horse-drawn carriage, a look at the iPhone 5, how North Carolina stole and lost businesses, and some math and grammar lessons.
The Democrats’ turn, the Madeline Island brouhaha, the day laborers, turning sweaty Oil Patch workers into a four-year degree, and the last days of a State Fair summer.
Why isn’t sexual assault reported, did Eastwood upstage Romney, raising the proposal bar, in defense of North Dakota, and the real meaning of ‘blue moon.’