Bob Collins
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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
This is the sort of picture that can be an icon of the times. These are not good times. Read more →
If you’re planning on flying, try not fidget, use a computer, reverse your direction in an airport, have a ‘jump’ in your Adam’s apple or a ‘cold penetrating stare.’ Otherwise, you might be the target of a secret spying program that is shadowing unsuspecting regular travelers, the details of which were revealed today by the Boston Globe.
If the economy is so good — and it is for many people — how come David Casarez, 26, is homeless and standing on a street corner handing out resumes? Read more →
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Jaequan Faulkner, 13, the Minneapolis kid who’s made national news because a city helped him get the licenses he needed to be the hot dog king of the North Side, is going pretty well for himself these days. Read more →
How many different ways can a Wisconsinite drink beer?
Apparently there’s one more than anyone had previously thought. Read more →
When’s the last time you got off the couch and joined in a search because the media carried yet another story about a missing woman? Read more →
We don’t get many news stories anymore about UFO sightings, nor do we have many colorful local personalities anymore who have the nerve to propose the building of a landing strip for UFOs. Read more →
The Vietnam War isn’t over for a lot of people and the Rochester Post Bulletin’s lovely feature about Ray Winkels is proof of that.
Ray is in a wheelchair thanks to Vietnam. Read more →
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Michaela Sousa of River Falls was likely to get a stiff sentence for the abuse her then 4-month-old baby suffered in 2016. But her homophobia guaranteed it.
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We live in a world where political polls, like facts, mean nothing. Read more →
It’s a small victory in the airline industry’s war against its customers, but perhaps it will catch on.
American Airlines is getting rid of its ban on carry-on bags for its cheapest-seat customers. Read more →
In a tournament in Owatonna in June, one of the team’s pitchers had gone over his allotted pitch count. Nobody noticed.
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