Bob Collins
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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
A father missed his son’s major league debut and first hit on Wednesday night in Toronto because he was making connections in Minneapolis. Read more →
Reynolds was filling in for Johnny Carson (ask your grandparents) one night when his guest, Helen Gurley Brown, the editor of Cosmopolitan asked if he’d pose. Paul Newman had already said ‘no.’ Read more →
The pilot and two medical staff were enroute to pick up a patient at night at Douglas County Hospital in deteriorating weather. But when the pilot couldn’t see the airport, he executed a procedure to go around and make another try. Read more →
There’s something about local politics that brings out the children in adults. In Waterloo, Iowa, Dwayne Eilers showed up to to speak at the public comment period of the Waterloo City Council meeting and almost got himself arrested for not taking off his hat. Read more →
Let there be a special place in hell for the people who kill a dog. Read more →
Eau Claire has a tough decision to make. Should it dig into the community couch cushions for the $4 it’ll take to buy Soo Line #2719, currently at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth. Read more →
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The anonymous op-ed, paints a truly horrifying picture of a dysfunctional, barely existent executive branch. Read more →
When a Pennsylvania couple, accused of skimming the GoFundMe money donated to help out a homeless man, made clear through their lawyer today that they’ll take the Fifth next week, let’s just say it didn’t help the image of Kate McClure, 28, and her boyfriend, Mark D’Amico, 39. Read more →
Folks are going to want to pick apart this ad, released today by Nike, because Colin Kaepernick is in it and that makes them see red. I see confirmation that maybe a kid who needed a ride in the rain is right. Read more →
Monday’s post about the Allstate Insurance survey showing that St. Paul and Minneapolis feature some of the worst drivers in the nation certainly struck a nerve with readers, who went above and beyond in efforts to explain why the survey was probably wrong Read more →
A letter in the Star Tribune today seems like an invitation to engage in one of our favorite spectator sports: watching and listening to theater- and concert-goers blow the whistle on their audience mates. It’s a problem even at “Hamilton.” Read more →
Perhaps you’ve seen the cute Facebook challenge to police departments across America to record a lip-syncing video. An endless string of mostly uninspiring efforts followed.
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If there are two non-southern states that are mirrors of each other, it’s Massachusetts and Minnesota. So yesterday’s primary election results in the Bay State carry a couple of important messages: the next generation of politicians isn’t waiting their turn, and voters are coming for members of Congress, no matter what party they’re in. Read more →