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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for May 2012

Climate change, billboards, and mass murderers

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 4, 2012, 1:06 PM May 4, 2012
10

Nothing says ‘let’s have an intelligent discussion about the science of climate change’ like a series of billboards supporting your view featuring mass murderers and tyrants.

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Class and the office lottery

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 4, 2012, 12:32 PM May 4, 2012
1

There’s still honor among colleagues when it comes to the lottery.

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What we don’t know about earth

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 4, 2012, 11:33 AM May 4, 2012
1

The National Research Council may not be the most impartial observer but a report it’s issued on budget cuts to NASA, is stark in its alarm that observing what’s out in space is secondary now to what’s going on here.

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Five by 8

Wurzer’s tip sheet (5×8 – 5/4/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 4, 2012, 7:25 AM May 4, 2012
11

Derby weekend, is this still about a stadium, reverse racism and a beaten reporter, the world still cares about a man who needs shoes, and a tank destroys a house.

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Money for the Target Center?

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 3, 2012, 2:23 PM May 3, 2012
3

The Minnesota Timberwolves have injected themselves into the debate over taxpayer money for a new stadium for the Minnesota Vikings.

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The ‘why’ behind the ‘who’ and ‘what’

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 3, 2012, 1:49 PM May 3, 2012
3

In journalism, there are 5W’s (who, what, why, where, when) and 1 H (how). Of those, the most important is the ‘why.’ Here’s why.

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Your daily Rubio

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 3, 2012, 1:15 PM May 3, 2012
1

A video he posted today shows him shooting baskets in a wheelchair, while he recovers from surgery for his torn ACL.

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Seeger at 93

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 3, 2012, 11:40 AM May 3, 2012
9

‘It’s not enough to say ‘you have rights,’ former Dixie Chicks lead singer Natalie Maines once said of Seeger. ‘You have to use them.’

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The mysterious counties of Minnesota weather warnings

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 3, 2012, 10:43 AM May 3, 2012
11

We have reached — early this year — the portion of the severe weather season where I wonder if there’s a better way to indicate where a severe storm is than by listing the warning based on a county.

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Five by 8

The bullies win again (5×8 – 5/3/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 3, 2012, 7:14 AM May 3, 2012
3

A death in Kasson-Mantorville, the limits of religious freedom, stop and smell the suburbs, a $100 baggage fee, and you’re probably below average.

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Parkinson’s and parachutes

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 2, 2012, 1:43 PM May 2, 2012
1

Kevin Burkart of Prior Lake, jumped out of an airplane 100 times in one day back in 2008, to call attention to the need for Parkinson’s disease research, honoring his father, who was diagnosed with the disease in 1999. Two years later — 2008 — he jumped out 200 times for the cause.

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What’s the big deal about a roof?

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 2, 2012, 11:42 AM May 2, 2012
12

The Vikings once liked the idea of a roofless stadium. They might again.

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Hire edx

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 2, 2012, 11:13 AM May 2, 2012
6

Bummed by the high cost of education? Perhaps the answer is a college education, that doesn’t require you to go through nonsense of being ‘accepted’ by a higher institution.

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A visit to MPR

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 2, 2012, 10:38 AM May 2, 2012

It’s always great to hear how others see us, especially when they find out we’re not as boring as we sometimes appear to be.

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Five by 8

The shrinking MSP hub (5X8 – 5/2/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 2, 2012, 7:27 AM May 2, 2012
5

A return to flyover country, the private parts of the U.S. economy, the decline and fall of the mainline Protestant, a polka dot protest, and surfing Superior.

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