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Little substance at Sotomayor hearings

Bob Collins July 14, 2009, 1:37 PM Jul 14, 2009

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A Supreme Court nomination hearing is not the time for honest dialog about the law.

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The Supreme Court and the Minnesota smoking ban

Bob Collins July 14, 2009, 12:22 PM Jul 14, 2009

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A bar owner used a Supreme Court decision to claim that a bar can hold a theatrical performance to get around the ban. It didn’t work.

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One person’s health care

Bob Collins July 14, 2009, 11:02 AM Jul 14, 2009

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The story of health care in America is loaded with lives that changed in a split second.

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Five at 8 – 7/14/09

Bob Collins July 14, 2009, 7:36 AM Jul 14, 2009

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Twitter’s not for teens, 10 wind turbines that push the limits of design, the humanity of Worthington, remembering when we paid attention to space shots, and whatever happened to suicide bombings in Jerusalem?

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The boys of Somalia

Bob Collins July 13, 2009, 5:08 PM Jul 13, 2009

With every answer, come more questions about the disappearance of Minnesota Somali men.

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Franken’s first comments

Bob Collins July 13, 2009, 1:31 PM Jul 13, 2009

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The junior Minnesota senator read his prepared remarks at the hearing for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.

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Doc in the house

Bob Collins July 13, 2009, 12:36 PM Jul 13, 2009

Regina Benjamin, the apparent new surgeon general, has a story that is decidedly non-Washington.

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Surveys and trivia

The pot question

Bob Collins July 13, 2009, 12:21 PM Jul 13, 2009

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Polls on the question of legalization of marijuana can vary significantly over just a few months.

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The choking game

Bob Collins July 13, 2009, 11:39 AM Jul 13, 2009

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Growing up in the ’60s in Massachusetts, one of the most frightening summers was spent watching a group of kids (we had no idea who they were; back then your mother turned you loose and you met up with whomever you met up with) play this game in which one would get behind the other, Read more →

Klobuchar on Sotomayor

Bob Collins July 13, 2009, 10:49 AM Jul 13, 2009

Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s opening statement at the Sotomayor hearings.

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Inclusion

Bob Collins July 13, 2009, 10:30 AM Jul 13, 2009

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There’s a documentary coming to Public Television in October that has the ability to change and amplify the debate over special needs in public schools, a debate that is now mostly faceless.

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Five at 8 – 7/13/09

Bob Collins July 13, 2009, 7:50 AM Jul 13, 2009

The moon’s reluctant hero, a house of hay, can video gaming slow our brain’s decline, what do you do when you feel helpless, and can Joe Mauer survive the Home Run Derby?

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Who’s in charge?

Bob Collins July 11, 2009, 7:04 PM Jul 11, 2009

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If there’s one story that’s yet to strike a significant nerve with folks outside of Washington, it’s the revelation that the Central Intelligence Agency had a secret counterterrorism program that it didn’t tell Congress about.

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