MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Mary and Bob

Fresh Eye on the Radio – 2/10/10

Bob Collins February 10, 2010, 4:20 PM Feb 10, 2010

There’s very little about Lindsey Vonn on today’s chat. But if there were, it would be this question: Can you be overexposed before you’re exposed?

Mary and Bob

Fresh Eye on the Radio – 2/9/10

Bob Collins February 9, 2010, 4:36 PM Feb 9, 2010

More faulty Toyotas, how to get an electronic monitoring bracelet off your ankle, and why are we still having the same, old political arguments?

Mary and Bob

Fresh Eye on the Radio: Communicating with the near-dead

Bob Collins February 3, 2010, 4:47 PM Feb 3, 2010

Researchers have developed a brain scan that allows them to communicate with people in a vegetative state.

Mary and Bob

Fresh Eye on the Radio: What you know can kill you

Bob Collins February 2, 2010, 5:36 PM Feb 2, 2010

A study says men have a greater risk of heart attack once they’ve been told they have prostate cancer.

Mary and Bob

American politics UK style

Bob Collins January 29, 2010, 4:30 PM Jan 29, 2010

What would it be like if debate among American political leaders was more like that in Britain?

Mary and Bob

Fresh Eye on the Radio – 1/28/10

Bob Collins January 28, 2010, 4:59 PM Jan 28, 2010

What do J.D. Salinger and the Who Dat Nation have in common? Nothing.

Mary and Bob

Fresh Eye on the Radio: Running with scissors

Bob Collins January 26, 2010, 5:33 PM Jan 26, 2010

Just think of all the great rock concerts you could’ve gone to, Baby Boomers, if you hadn’t listened to your parents when they told you too much rock will ruin your ears.

Mary and Bob

Fresh Eye on the Radio: When the news isn’t funny

Bob Collins January 15, 2010, 4:34 PM Jan 15, 2010

We try to have a good time when Mary and I talk about the news. But sometimes the news isn’t funny. This week is one of those times. So here’s today’s Fresh Eye straight up.

Mary and Bob

Fresh Eye on the Radio: Packing heat

Bob Collins January 14, 2010, 4:48 PM Jan 14, 2010

New research suggests airport screeners would find more weapons if we all were required to pack them.

Mary and Bob

Fresh Eye on the Radio: Conan’s letter

Bob Collins January 12, 2010, 5:16 PM Jan 12, 2010

It is either intensely comforting or profoundly disturbing that the American workplace is consumed with a TV debate.

Mary and Bob

Fresh Eye on the Radio: Seward memorial fund created

Bob Collins January 8, 2010, 4:57 PM Jan 8, 2010

The fund is intended to help the immediate families of three people killed at Seward Market and Halal Meat on Wednesday.

Mary and Bob

Terror myths

Bob Collins January 6, 2010, 4:42 PM Jan 6, 2010

Much of what we’re led to believe about terrorism in the U.S. appears to be wrong.

Mary and Bob

Fresh Eye on the Radio: What can we learn from our potatoes?

Bob Collins January 5, 2010, 5:24 PM Jan 5, 2010

Does God speak to us through our vegetables?

Mary and Bob

Fresh Eye on the Radio: Snowblower alert

Bob Collins December 31, 2009, 4:33 PM Dec 31, 2009

A serious warning to snowblower owners to take precautions against the theft of their prized possession probably shouldn’t make us snicker. But, truth be told, it does.

Mary and Bob

Fresh Eye on the Radio: Obama’s response time

Bob Collins December 28, 2009, 5:33 PM Dec 28, 2009

Should the president have said something sooner about the attack on a U.S. airliner?