Five by 8 Congressional inspiration (5×8 – 8/2/11) Bob Collins August 2, 2011, 7:45 AM Aug 2, 2011 9 Giffords returns to Congress, Minnesota as an ATM, how to bully a teacher, the inside story of the death of bin Laden, and your dinner shouldn’t dance. Read more →
Weather Storm video Bob Collins August 1, 2011, 5:20 PM Aug 1, 2011 1 A few videos have surfaced documenting today’s monsoon that hit the Twin Cities. Read more →
What MTV says about us Bob Collins August 1, 2011, 3:33 PM Aug 1, 2011 3 How today’s commemoration of MTV missed the point. Read more →
On Randy Moss Bob Collins August 1, 2011, 2:32 PM Aug 1, 2011 2 Randy Moss played on teams that went 15-1 and 16-0 and still came up empty for Super Bowl championships. Read more →
Why do cops hate cameras? Bob Collins August 1, 2011, 2:22 PM Aug 1, 2011 4 Yet another case of police ordering someone to stop videotaping them has surfaced. Read more →
Minnesota’s eugenics past Bob Collins August 1, 2011, 1:05 PM Aug 1, 2011 3 Few aspects of U.S. history have the ability to make a rational 2011 person ask ‘what were they thinking?’ than America’s eugenics laws. Read more →
Court: School board shouldn’t have spent money campaigning for referendum passage Bob Collins August 1, 2011, 12:17 PM Aug 1, 2011 3 School boards can spend money to inform voters about issues, but it’s a fine line between providing information and politicking. Read more →
A perilous world for a retweeting journalist Bob Collins August 1, 2011, 11:31 AM Aug 1, 2011 3 Twitter’s use by mainstream media comes with journalistic growing pains. Read more →
Farewell, ‘lady of the house’ Bob Collins August 1, 2011, 10:30 AM Aug 1, 2011 9 The Nielsen company finally ditches the ‘housewife.’ Read more →
Five by 8 Kicking the can to the committee (5×8 – 8/1/11) Bob Collins August 1, 2011, 7:02 AM Aug 1, 2011 9 An old solution surfaces in Washington, Dakota’s water world, the mansion by the lake, the blue screen of matrimonial death, and juggling Minnesota. Read more →