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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Politics

The best and worst of Barney Frank

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 28, 2011, 10:58 AM Nov 28, 2011
6

The Massachusetts Democrat announces his retirement.

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Minnesota sells the good china

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 17, 2011, 1:38 PM Nov 17, 2011
6

The state gets a pile of cash for its tobacco settlement in exchange for two piles of cash later.

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Tracking the health care law appeals

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 8, 2011, 11:40 AM Nov 8, 2011

You have to love the Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia for its practicality in today’s decision that upholds the health care law pushed by President Barack Obama.

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Gov. Dayton’s higher education mystery

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 28, 2011, 11:15 AM Oct 28, 2011
1

As the governor names a Minneapolis politician to a top higher education job, there are still questions about the person being replaced.

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Why do people love Duluth?

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 28, 2011, 10:48 AM Oct 28, 2011
5

As political ads go, Duluth City Council candidate Emily Larson has hit on a great formula: No political talk, just person after person extolling the virtues of Duluth.

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Pry this guitar from my cold, dead fingers

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 27, 2011, 3:35 PM Oct 27, 2011

Of the many problems facing America, it’s hard to say where ‘a guitarless society’ ranks on the list.

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A bit more on the Dollar Dome

Eric Ringham October 21, 2011, 11:48 AM Oct 21, 2011

Vikings could buy the Dome and still move to Arden Hills, apparently.

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The Dollar Dome?

dgaraets October 21, 2011, 7:37 AM Oct 21, 2011
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Two state senators reportedly want to shift the stadium debate back to Minneapolis.

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The Vikings’ ‘delusion’

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 18, 2011, 10:12 AM Oct 18, 2011
5

One can get a pretty good feel for the political will to build a football stadium for Zygi Wilf and his Minnesota Vikings by noting the opinions of some of the not-connected-to-the-Vikings-nor-politicians people who a reasonable person might expect would support the notion. Rick Prescott, writer of the BallPark Magic blog, for example, makes clear Read more →

‘We do,’ but they don’t

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 14, 2011, 12:11 PM Oct 14, 2011
10

Lost in all the coverage of Occupy Wall Street, is a protest that has been quietly going on over the last two weeks in Asheville, NC.

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A city goes toes up

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 12, 2011, 11:27 AM Oct 12, 2011
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You don’t often see a capital city of a state declare bankruptcy. I’m not sure we’ve ever seen it before.

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Occupation defined

Hart Van DenburgHart Van Denburg October 7, 2011, 10:30 AM Oct 7, 2011
15

Every now and again cable news becomes relevant. It never seems to be about the news it reports, but rather the news it makes.

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Whose fault is poverty?

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 5, 2011, 2:34 PM Oct 5, 2011
20

A presidential candidate suggests the unemployed have no one to blame but themselves.

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Church, state, and the political campaign

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 27, 2011, 1:35 PM Sep 27, 2011
4

This Sunday, conservative church pastors will defy IRS laws against churches preaching politics.

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Chris Christie presidential candidacy debated

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 27, 2011, 12:03 PM Sep 27, 2011
1

Jon Stewart suggests the New Jersey governor probably isn’t the inside-Republican’s cup of tea, either.

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