Bob Collins
This is the proper technique for releasing an eagle back to the wild.
Eyes to the sky. Feet wide apart. Tongue out. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for April 2016
This might be the biggest news since it was revealed Lassie was a boy. Read more →
Q: What do you call it when a cast member from The West Wing takes over a job in the actual West Wing?
A: A good start. Read more →
We like nature as long as nature is pretty and cuddly and cute. But, let me tell you, it’s an eagle-eat-cat world out there and that’s upsetting people, apparently.
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St. Paul’s skyways can be pretty scary. They’re often abandoned and the various nooks and crannies can be a perfect hiding spot for the occasional ne’er-do-well. And that’s in the middle of the afternoon.
So is closing a few of them at 10 p.m. that bad of an idea?
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A Wisconsin case illuminates the other half of the growing texting-while-driving problem: the people with whom the drivers are texting. Read more →
You have to admire the pluck of City Pages. Who would have thought to get the dirt on Prince by talking to the people who cooked for him?
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Minnesota could make purple its official state color. It could name a new transit line the “purple line.” It could find a street somewhere and call it Prince Street.
Here’s another idea: It could better support music in public schools. Read more →
The conversations between the pilot of Prince’s private jet and air traffic controllers don’t reveal much about why the jet had to make an emergency landing in Moline, Ill., just a few days before Prince died.
But they do show the difficulty of getting a jet on the ground safely in a hurry, and the skill of pilots and controllers to accomplish the task. Read more →
Analyzing Census Bureau data, Pew Research says Millennials have now overtaken Baby Boomers as the largest generation in the country, a blow to Gen X, which never got its day at the top of the heap. Read more →
Today, the Times reports that Trump’s plane is flying again because he sold it to another corporation he owns, which allowed the plane to fly immediately rather than wait for renewal paperwork to be generated. Read more →
Randall Thom, from Lakefield, Minn., showed up at the home in Monticello and gave the family the dog wrapped in an American flag. Read more →
There are plenty of challenges when it comes to opioid abuse. One of the most difficult: the “it serves them right” mentality toward people who overdose on drugs.
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Keep this in mind the next time you go watch the big waves: Some of the disasters the researchers cited were tsunami waves sweeping people into the lake from their onshore perches.
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Unless we’re misreading today’s Star Tribune editorial, the idea of a little public shaming of the men who turned I-394 into their personal Watkins Glen is on the table. Read more →