Bob Collins
This drone video of Nepal, photographed and posted to Facebook by Kishor Rana today, raises a question we’ve often asked when recovering from a disaster.
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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
If there’s one constant in Minnesota, it’s the debate over whether we’re a welcoming people.
It’s hard to make friends here, the theory goes. We’re a little cold and a little distant and you can grow old waiting for an invitation to dinner from the neighbors.
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The Minnesota Court of Appeals Monday tossed out a lawsuit from a former doctor at the St. Peter psychiatric hospital who argued that an MPR investigation on the treatment of patients there was based on state data that should’ve been private. Read more →
It’s Vietnam week, the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon. Read more →
You never know how the Internet can inspire people to help.
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This message from your ‘bucket list’: Time is fleeting. Get moving. Read more →
The Iron Range has always been the land of boom times and bust, but the country is full of decaying cities where people once waited for a bust to end and the status quo to return. Read more →
Jost Kobusch, a German mountaineer attempting to climb Everest, apparently started filming when the ground started shaking at his Everest base camp. Read more →
The White House Correspondents Dinner is the traditional venue for a president to try out his comedic chops, sometimes to limited results.
Today, however, President Obama is getting decent reviews for his performance. Which is a switch. Read more →
You know what word every parent wants to hear one time before they die? ‘Thanks.’
Brian Peterson of Nebraska, a Massachusetts native, got his wish on Monday from his three daughters, whom he raised after his wife — their mom, of course — died from cervical cancer. Read more →
The Washington Post reports today that a recent study from a credit card company revealed that the average prom costs $919 a couple, with $324 going toward the ‘promposal.’ Read more →
How much should the person at the front of your airplane be making? Read more →
One of these days I’m going to spend summer nights in Minnesota communities where town ball is still a thing, I often say to myself at roughly this time every year. Maybe I better hurry up. Read more →
Norm Coleman recommended that a task force study why people become terrorists, hardly an innovative idea.
Here’s one: Stop writing offensive headlines when framing the issue. Read more →
It’s very nearly drive-in movie season again, another opportunity to reflect on what we’ve lost.
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