Bob Collins
Woodbury’s a pretty good place. But if you squint your eyes, it also could be Anywhere, USA, which doesn’t do much to explain how it made Money Magazine’s Top Places to Live List. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Minneapolis bike riders too lax on safety? Is that the reason bike fatalities are rising?
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Friends help take the sting out of a hurtful high school “joke.”
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Thanks to the eye of Jason DeRusha, we’re alerted to the ‘resignation’ of reporter Charlo Greene of KTVA in Alaska. The ethically-challenged Greene reported on the Alaska Cannabis Club, and never revealed that she owns the marijuana-legalization group. Read more →
The latest fence jumper may put the White House farther out of Americans’ daily view. Read more →
It’s been almost 25 years since Ryan White died. He was the Kokomo, Indiana teen who was shunned by his school — expelled from middle school — after it was revealed he became infected with HIV from a contaminated blood treatment. We’ve come a long way from our ignorance then. Read more →
When Kyle Bradford tried to share his school lunch with a friend who didn’t like the cheese sandwich the cafeteria gave him, he became a school scofflaw and got detention. Read more →
One of these days we’re going to have to calculate the impact — if any — a hockey ad makes in Minnesota. Is it, for example, as big a boost as a Scandanavian name?
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In the nick of time, a third season of ‘It’s Aaron’ has debuted.
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To protect a dog, a Texas A&M cadet through the best block of the day in college football. Read more →
A guy without a leg walking the Appalachian Trail inspires a guy who paddles a canoe the length of the Mississippi River, who inspires a guy to get in an airplane and fly to Point B. Read more →
That’s the question to debate in the wake of Minneapolis police chief Janeé Harteau’s decision to pull out of a ‘listening session’ last night to address concerns by people of color in the city. Read more →
The Wild suspended goaltender Josh Harding, the feel-good story around here for a time last year when he came back after being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Read more →
What on earth is being taught in history and civics classes? Apparently it’s neither history nor civics.
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What have you got against people killed by drunk drivers, Wisconsin? Read more →