Bob Collins
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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
It may be comforting to some people to know that no matter how close the country seems to falling apart, the democratic process still works.
If by democratic process you mean that politicians in an election-year fight can still file silly and useless legislation to appeal to their voters. Read more →
If the hogs in Mankato were smart, they’d have made a run for it today when the semi they were in crashed on highway 169. Read more →
What was impressive was not only how quickly Josh Hader’s old tweets raced around the internet, but how quickly they raced around the stadium where the game was being played. Read more →
If people want something, who the heck are bureaucrats to tell people they can’t have it? Read more →
Dick Bancroft wasn’t a photographer by training, but he started photographing Minnesotans involved in the peace movement for the Saint Paul Dispatch newspaper. He went on to chronicle the American Indian Movement. He never sold a picture, he said. Read more →
Lemonade stands? So yesterday. Some kids in West St. Paul are selling comics. Their own comics. Read more →
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There’s a story racing around the internet today of just how far a person will go to get to work on time and, predictably and understandably, the reaction to it is an expression of just how uncommon it is. But it’s not. The world is full of hard workers who are invisible to many of us, because we’re asleep or we don’t know their story. Read more →
The actuarial tables can be your friend when deciding how much work you want to put into creating the perfect lawn. When you’re young — and, perhaps, stupid — you have all the time in the world to believe that your lawn is a statement about you. As time is running out, you begin to realize that dandelions and crabgrass were here before you, and they’re going to be there long after you become tomorrow’s mulch. Read more →
Bla Pao Yang, 74, was an American hero who spent much of his adult life fighting for the right to be recognized. Read more →
Kimberly Bermudez, who teaches in Chicago, was on a flight to Florida the other day when she and her seatmate got to know each other and he asked her what she does for a living. Read more →
It’s hard not to sympathize with Laura Berg’s disinterest in forgiving Jordan Paulus, 20, of East Bethel, who ruined Berg’s life. Read more →
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There was a real mystery involved in yesterday’s Twins-Rays game at Target Field.
Why did manager Paul Molitor bring in his closer, Fernando Rodney, to pitch in the fifth inning?
It was because Rodney had someplace to be . Read more →