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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Five by 8

Five by 8

Why are African American students disciplined more often? (5×8 – 3/6/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 6, 2012, 7:09 AM Mar 6, 2012
18

The discipline gap, was the Saints’ intentional injury system really so bad, a gun bill veto at night, the misery of the long-distance runner, and the science of ear worms.

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It takes a tornado (5×8 – 3/5/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 5, 2012, 6:36 AM Mar 5, 2012
14

Why do disasters recalibrate us, redshirting kindergarteners, public radio comedy, the moral dimensions of art, and a sled dog protest against sulfide mining.

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Five by 8

A man fights his disease and the system that might kill him (5×8 – 3/2/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 2, 2012, 7:13 AM Mar 2, 2012
10

Tales from the transplant list, Chick-fil-A and the questions that won’t go away, giving up on democracy, the 2-percent in the snow emergency, and what were you doing at 18.

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Gas prices in the heart and head (5×8 – 3/1/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 1, 2012, 7:30 AM Mar 1, 2012
9

Is gas costing you as much as you think, is it cold in here or is that just Google, embracing winter, blowing the lid off the ‘Three Little Pigs,’ and the science of paralysis.

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The nature of forgiveness (5×8 – 2/29/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 29, 2012, 7:02 AM Feb 29, 2012
10

A culture of forgiving, Legacy money for school art programs, a death in Easy Company, end of the door-to-door sale, and embracing winter again.

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Why you react to gas prices the way you do (5×8 – 2/28/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 28, 2012, 7:25 AM Feb 28, 2012
6

Why the outrage, racism and rallies, the Amish up close, a pill to erase bad memories, and lessons from the slang of teenage girls.

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Things you can do in the snow (5×8 – 2/27/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 27, 2012, 7:02 AM Feb 27, 2012
7

Sningo, the price young students pay, would it kill you to help, the golden age of stupid, and optimism and the baseball fan.

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The ‘moral virtues’ of people who work standing up (5×8 – 2/24/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 24, 2012, 7:16 AM Feb 24, 2012
4

The stigma of the factory, are things looking up, an apology for racist hockey chants, the things that keep hockey parents up at night, and does your name make people dislike you?

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Five by 8

Secrets of the school board (5×8 – 2/23/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 23, 2012, 7:29 AM Feb 23, 2012
12

The value of a right to know, upon further review of the racist Lin headline, money vs. morals in Texas, dispatches from the weak ice, and the value of collecting.

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Making a state shutdown painless (5X8 – 2/22/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 22, 2012, 7:05 AM Feb 22, 2012
18

Who should be pain free, where are the women in the birth control debate, the freedom to be a liar, winter the Minnesota way, a letter to your young self, and a murder most fowl in Minneapolis.

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Cash for school? (5×8 – 2/21/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 21, 2012, 7:07 AM Feb 21, 2012
11

Should kids be paid to go to school, staying together for the kids — and the state, racism and the hockey fan, does the Internet end on March 8th, and kids and ice fishing.

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Who makes heroes? (5×8 – 2/20/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 20, 2012, 7:32 AM Feb 20, 2012
9

Who should be honored, the power of a grandson, walking the Twitter trail, why is customer service so hard, and the power of the sofa.

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Firing the aging teacher (5×8 – 2/17/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 17, 2012, 7:04 AM Feb 17, 2012
26

Should tenure be eliminated, is it warm in here, the gift of Anthony Shadid, Canada’s mandatory religion course, three smart things about boogers.

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Five by 8

How biased is your media? (5X8 – 2/16/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 16, 2012, 7:13 AM Feb 16, 2012
6

Sorting left from right, the mailbag, the new-car smell is to die for, gifts to the weak-ice gods, and tipping baristas.

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Five by 8

What’s so funny? (5×8- 2/15/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 15, 2012, 6:42 AM Feb 15, 2012
11

Are the arts revealing our insensitivities, aging Orin’s way, when the Legislature’s cuts hit Main Street, ‘Linsanity’ and the Asian American stereotype, and should photos of a man who killed himself be published?

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