Bob Collins
Treating breast cancer. Or not. Also: Scrambling the young brain, GI Bill blues in Mankato, the dawn of the flying car, and a visit from Beasley.
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Five by 8
Defining self defense, autism’s blessings and burdens, saving Georgetown, when the sun kills, and the expanding drought.
The politics and religion of Paul Douglas, storytelling v. news, your global salary, why the Vikings-to-Los Angeles claim is hot air, and Supreme Court style.
Ali, Russell, and LeBron; the hot air surrounding high prices; the journalism ethics of getting involved; the mysterious squid of Alexandria; and a doggie homecoming.
Chasing drug use in public housing, rabbits and the tax code, eye on the eagles, trucker bombs in North Dakota, and some shoes for Igor.
When suffering is required, health care and the high court, a Vikings stadium smackdown, the war against schools, and are you cash free yet?
Nerdy deeds done cheap, the power of a pink tutu, the butt sketch guy, cameras in the courtroom, and should the workplace be segregated?
The value of the Internet, why drilling makes no difference on gas prices, the tax that quacks like a duck, Pomeranz exits, and why do four words from 50 years ago carry such meaning today?
Defining the line of holding kids responsible, the ‘ice out’ debate in Minnesota, the hidden Vietnam, pipe down for the pine trees, and that’s not Olive Garden; that’s an octopus!
The Florida shooting examined, the picture of poverty, Duluth in a fog, the hockey team that must not be mentioned, and the lost art of locking the car.
Politics the old-fashioned way, Doonesbury the Duluth way, is there a price for stifling free speech, desperate churches and young people who don’t go, and the battle of the barber pole.
Are we more insular as a species, the changing face of high school sports, Wisconsin’s voter ID law and the rights that can’t be taken away, there’s something about Marilyn, and what plants tell us about climate change.
The anti-union effort reaches the Minnesota Legislature, Vikings stadium improv, the missing Doonesbury, health care reality check in Esko, and is there anything North Dakota doesn’t have going for it these days?
When solar storms fizzle, end of the Hagevik era, the slut culture, lawyers and waiters, and the restaurant review heard ’round the world.
The problem with the Uganda viral video, update on the Marysville tornado ‘stuff’ story, hockey’s life lessons in St. Cloud, the nature of contemplation and introverts, and the photon torpedo that hit us overnight.