Bob Collins
This is the sort of scandal that can keep the media and Washington talking for weeks. The opportunists smell blood in the water.
That’s weeks longer than the scandal about homeless veterans in America. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
War
Today is the 70th anniversary of the raising of the American flag on Iwo Jima.
Chances are this isn’t the picture that will accompany the stories on the anniversary today. Read more →
Before he leaves “The Daily Show” for good, Jon Stewart could have a field day with the bead-clutching that’s taking place in the hours since he announced he’s leaving the program. Read more →
A lot of TV reporters went to Iraq to report on the war. Even those who did so accurately missed the big story.
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When Joe Langdell died this week at age 100, the nation closed a chapter in its history.
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NBC News anchor Brian Williams is in damage control mode after he was outed for falsely claiming to have been in a helicopter that was shot down in the first Gulf War. Read more →
A Minnesota State University Mankato student shot himself to death in the university library Monday afternoon. He was a philosophy major. He was also a veteran of the war in Iraq. For the most part, the news was met with a shrug. Read more →
Another reminder of how the Internet connects us in more ways than we can imagine. Read more →
We bid farewell today to Bernard Jordan who has died at age 90. You may recall him from his escapade last year when he went AWOL from his senior citizens home in England and showed up in France to commemorate D-Day. Read more →
For all the doing-good stories that populate the news at this time of the year, it’s a shame someone couldn’t have stepped forward to help bring Olson’s son home. Read more →
Santa Claus gets all the ink at this time of year, but Harry Shoup should get his due. Read more →
As soon as authorities can figure out how to stop people from leaving the country to fight with Islamic extremists, perhaps they can figure out how to stop trucks people trade in at the car dealership from ending up in the hands of Syrian rebels. Read more →
It was an awful game for fans of the Cleveland Browns yesterday afternoon. But a returning-soldier promotion picked things up a bit. Read more →
In its intention to right the wrongs against the returning Vietnam veteran in the ’70s, has the country gone overboard in saluting the soldier in 2014? Read more →
A ‘last man standing’ club in Lake Elmo has dissolved. The ravages of time have not allowed the World War II vets to wait until there was only one left to toast the others. Read more →