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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for December 2012

Is there something about Grand Marais?

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 6, 2012, 2:08 PM Dec 6, 2012
37

Older men and younger girls.

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Farmer style

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 6, 2012, 1:15 PM Dec 6, 2012
1

We have officially reached the point in America in which important concepts can only be explained Gangnam style.

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Right baby, wrong mother. Or right mother, wrong baby

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 6, 2012, 12:55 PM Dec 6, 2012
4

How often are babies given to the wrong mothers in hospitals?

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When high school sports gets it right

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 6, 2012, 12:26 PM Dec 6, 2012
3

If you’re the type to toss the sports section of the Star Tribune to the side, you probably missed a story that should’ve been on the front page.

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Coffee break

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 6, 2012, 11:56 AM Dec 6, 2012
1

Every now and again on these pages, we consider the possibilities of cars that fly — or planes that drive.

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The ‘lunatic’ vote

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 6, 2012, 11:52 AM Dec 6, 2012
3

‘Lunatic’ is out, but ‘idiot’ is in.

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Five by 8

Death by photography (5×8 – 12/6/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 6, 2012, 7:18 AM Dec 6, 2012
11

When to put the camera down, the bright lights of North Dakota, finances the gay way, the view from space, and forgiveness.

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Mr. Burns explains the fiscal cliff

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 5, 2012, 1:49 PM Dec 5, 2012
1

Normally, I’d be a little embarrassed to present a Simpsons character explaining something as important as the coming ‘fiscal cliff.’

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The art of secession

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 5, 2012, 1:22 PM Dec 5, 2012
7

Could a U.S. state legally secede? No.

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See your future you

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 5, 2012, 11:56 AM Dec 5, 2012
4

I apologize in advance for the amount of time you’re about to waste.

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On Brubeck

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 5, 2012, 10:47 AM Dec 5, 2012
5

Dave Brubeck has died. The jazz pianist was 91.

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The words of the year

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 5, 2012, 10:46 AM Dec 5, 2012
1

Now that ‘Socialism’ has been named the word of the year, maybe people will learn what it means.

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Five by 8

Noticing Duluth’s problem (5×8 – 12/5/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 5, 2012, 7:15 AM Dec 5, 2012
3

To be black in Duluth, snowshoing for the ‘singing wilderness,’ crooks and seniors, how HMOs are stiffing parents of autistic children, and the 86-year-old paperboy.

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Court to deadbeat dad: Stop having kids

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 4, 2012, 4:06 PM Dec 4, 2012
3

Can courts require people not to get pregnant?

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The unraveling of the stories we want to believe

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 4, 2012, 3:04 PM Dec 4, 2012
6

Somewhere out there — probably within a few blocks’ walk of where you are — there’s a down-and-out person who needs a helping hand.

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