Bob Collins
Who went above and beyond for you in 2010, the speed of tech, the long slog of pulling yourself up by your bootstraps, on the third day of Christmas, and the curse of snow glaciers.
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Five by 8
Are we tougher than the East, why don’t airports use the same security procedures, Jon Stewart becomes an insider, the arm-wrestling champion, and what good was TARP?
When people do good, the power of Twitter, a letter from the Metrodome, what a car crash looks like, and behind the scenes at Talk of the Nation.
The governor’s victory lap, burglars at the bank, a spaceship to the sun, why kids don’t have the fun of snow days, and the worst Christmas card you’ll ever see.
A Brit assesses us, let’s waste some time, what don’t Minneapolitans get about snow parking, a leg for Mustafa, and depression and mental health on the college campus.
Pearl Harbor and vanishing memories, Sputnik and school testing, what does God have to do with religion, inequalities in the metro bus system, and the death of Rudolph.
You are the editor, authorities targeting gay kids, drinking yourself to death, Wait Wait’s most requested guest, and the Brainerd woman who just wanted to do something good.
A look at the newly discovered life form, what were the voters saying, Alec Soth, the KKK snowman, the new John McCain.
The life and death of Mike Larsen, a Concordia Christmas, what does the Internet know about you, TV ads that make a difference, and the date has been set for the Second Coming.
Ask Me Six Questions, the Vikings run the Los Angeles play, what would Glee do, the Story of Stuff, and another fine athletic mess at the University of Minnesota.
Irony in the park, good vs. evil, to leak or not to leak, lessons of the ignored sibling, and postcards from around the world.
Lessons from the kidneys, Tom Hackbarth and the jealous kind, secrets of success, shut up and get scanned, and eight over 80.
Mysteries of the sibling, the women who was exhausted defending the president loses her job, the daily pat-down, autotuned scientists, and Minnesota’ barns.