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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for February 2009

Surveys and trivia

Timewasters: Radio hosts

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 20, 2009, 12:07 PM Feb 20, 2009
1

Useless diversions from the day’s news.

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Is there enough time for a comeback?

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 20, 2009, 10:26 AM Feb 20, 2009
2

For many Americans, there’s no chance of maintaining their standard of living when they retire.

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Who should get help?

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 20, 2009, 8:26 AM Feb 20, 2009
2

Who should get economic help? Who shouldn’t?

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Goodbye, Legislature

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 20, 2009, 7:19 AM Feb 20, 2009
16

TPT drops live legislative coverage for most people.

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Retirement is not an option

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 19, 2009, 3:50 PM Feb 19, 2009
7

If the Dow drops another 180 points, it’ll be at the lowest level since October 28, 1997.

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Defending pilots

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 19, 2009, 2:41 PM Feb 19, 2009
2

Pilots in the Buffalo air crash had a difficult task — push the airplane closer to the ground they were trying to avoid.

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The veteran football

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 19, 2009, 12:58 PM Feb 19, 2009

Was a flap on the House floor about veterans, ‘gotcha’ politics – Minnesota style?

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Carstarphen’s view

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 19, 2009, 12:44 PM Feb 19, 2009

The St. Paul school superintendent addresses reports she wants out.

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The Southwest strategy

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 19, 2009, 11:43 AM Feb 19, 2009
2

Southwest Airlines made itself an aviation star by — mostly — avoiding direct competition with the big airlines. It flew to Midway instead of O’Hare. It concentrated on Love Field instead of the giant Dallas-Ft. Worth and all the big airlines. It flew to Providence and Manchester, New Hampshire instead of Boston. It never came Read more →

A view of the homeless

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 19, 2009, 11:26 AM Feb 19, 2009
3

Why is it news when a homeless person commits an act of honesty?

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Moving on?

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 19, 2009, 9:03 AM Feb 19, 2009
10

One concern when Meria Carstarphen was named the superintendent of St. Paul schools was that she didn’t stay in jobs very long. It may be a well-founded one.

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On Campus: The electrician

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 18, 2009, 10:09 PM Feb 18, 2009

Chris Dillman thought he could get out in front of the economic wave, and find work in a bigger city like Duluth before more people got laid off and became his competition

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On Campus: The translator

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 18, 2009, 9:33 PM Feb 18, 2009

A surprising number of students on the News Cut on Campus Tour are interested in getting an education and then going out and doing good, and if there’s money to be made in the process, so much the better.

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On Campus: The world traveler

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 18, 2009, 9:28 PM Feb 18, 2009
2

Becky Segbee wants to travel the world when she graduates from college. She’d like to get to Liberia so she can see the parents she hasn’t seen in nine years.

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On Campus: The dental hygienist

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 18, 2009, 8:15 PM Feb 18, 2009

There’s a demand for dental hygienists, but there aren’t enough openings in colleges to train them

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