Bob Collins
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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
It’s not popular with a lot of people, I suppose, to point out that teachers — and I will insist that in particular, third grade teachers — are angels on earth. But they are. Teachers put pieces of themselves in their students and then send them off to the world. Read more →
Ken Doctor, of Nieman Lab, reveals that Alden Global Capital, the hedge fund that owns dozens of newspapers in the country, had a 17-percent operating margin in 2017, well above most newspaper companies. The Pioneer Press cleared $10 million in profit, a 13-percent operating margin after the company slashed the workforce to about 60 people. Read more →
We’re only a month into the season and yet it’s hard to ignore the troubling signs for the game’s future. Read more →
The difference between drivers in Houston and those in the Twin Cities appears to be the fingers that are used. Marco Sanchez, a Texan, was faced with a driver who wanted to merge into his lane. “He was on the side on the right and I saw him way in the back. No one wanted Read more →
You’re hearing a lot about ‘ice out’ on area lakes at this time of the year. Who reports these things?
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Second-graders can teach a lot to high school seniors about drinking.
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Joe Hill, 26, of Plymouth, Mass., isn’t exactly sure why he joined a Facebook group about New Jersey, but it’s paid off even if it ended up not being about New Jersey. It was dedicated to Jersey, a British island just off the coast of France. Read more →
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One of the many reasons I wish I could do parenthood over again is so I could enjoy youth baseball games in the manner in which they were intended.
This is how they were intended. Read more →
It says something about the times we live in that a man of faith being treated courteously is front page news, but it is in Alexandria, Minn., because Rashed Ferdous got a warmer reception than the last time he was in town. Read more →
Cinco de Mayo is coming up on Saturday, a day we honor the poor research abilities of America’s school children and some of the country’s businesses.
Can you spot the problem here? Read more →
The ‘we’re not Trump’ strategy didn’t work in ’16 and there’s a least a little evidence that banking on it in ’18 has similar risks, if a new poll by Reuters/Ipsos is any indication.
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The Midwest, where just a few weeks after highways are closed because of a blizzard, dust storms cause havoc on the same roadways. Read more →
Everyone has an opinion on ‘the media’ today because the pampered TV anchors and insular political reporters have once again made it easy to narrowly define the term, with their ridiculous annual decision to party with the people they’re supposed to be covering. Not shown nor considered are all the journalists in the world who were busy doing their jobs and may not even own tuxedos and evening gowns. Read more →