Bob Collins
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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
It’s nothing personal, East Coast. It’s just us trying to have a laugh now that you get all of the fun these days. Read more →
Today’s photograph from NASA, taken from the International Space Station, is a joy to behold, particularly if you believe, as I do, that the wonder of flight is that it gives you an entirely fresh perspective on your place in relation to the world around you. We learned that when Apollo 8 made its first swing around the moon and gave us a chance to look at ourselves, and this photograph does the same thing.
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In Texas, it’s probably best if you have nothing to do with anyone having an asthma attack in school. Read more →
We’re only two years away from hosting a Super Bowl in Minnesota so it’s worth paying attention this year to how things are going in Santa Clara, Calif., which hosts this year’s edition. Read more →
If it’s history told in song it’s some fine Minnesota history. Read more →
The tweet from the Ontario Provincial Police struck a nerve with people who’ve apparently seen plenty of people driving like this. Read more →
In the wake of the disastrous selection of a Minneapolis school superintendent candidate whose background was researched largely by a consultant, Lynnell Mickelsen says it’s unfair to vilify the school board as particularly incompetent ‘because the Minneapolis school board has been a mostly dysfunctional form of governance for decades.’
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Gov. Rick Snyder of Michigan used some of his State of the State address this week to apologize for the disaster that has befallen the people of Flint, Michigan thanks in large measure to the incompetence of their elected officials. Residents get a helping of lead when they turn on the tap and run their water. In some cases, the lead content is so higher, the water is classified as ‘toxic waste.’ Read more →
If you’ve lived through a few winters, maybe the Arctic blast and a half-inch of snow wreaking havoc on a morning commute in the Minneapolis St. Paul area as it did today, rates a little bit lower than if you’re a kid from Syria whose home was literally blown from under you. Read more →
The Minnesota Timberwolves (have I mentioned that they’re raising ticket prices again?) are enduring another wasted season as their fans have been convinced — again — that it’s impossible to build a culture of winning for a young team by actually, you know, emphasizing the importance of winning. Read more →
The state’s highest court has resuscitated the case of a woman who blew the whistle on financial irregularities in Minneapolis Public Schools only to have her job eliminated.
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Whose fault is it that nobody but one person helped a homeless person sleeping by the side of a major highway in Minnesota? Read more →
The news that the United States isn’t the best country in the world should startle Americans who’ve never watched The Newsroom. Read more →
Frank Deford will still be an NPR contributing commentator under a new lineup announced today, but his weekly visits to NPR’s Morning Edition are over. He’ll be on only monthly from now on, the network announced today.
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