Bob CollinsA high school in Dearborn, Michigan — home to one of the country’s largest population of Muslim Americans — is providing a lesson than when it comes to religion in America, football rules.
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
By Bob Collins
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
The Joe Senser story exposes the ineffectiveness of a policy designed to provide fairness.
Fraud and foreclosure, life in a ‘man camp,’ dying in Duluth, reporters white with foam, and the problem with kids being kids.
The woman who could’ve been an original astronaut
As the season winds down, it’s hard not to notice the number of baseball teams that haven’t joined in a program to prevent LGBT teens from killing themselves..
Michele Bachmann’s PAC rolled out this broadside against Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who’s stolen much of her thunder since jumping into the presidential race.
What’s a state got to do to get a little presidential love?
What’s your jobs plan, it’s the rain that kills, 9/11 at 10, say something nice, and daily State Fair moment of zen.
Col. Qaddafi’s troops reportedly raped women in Libya, knowing that honor killings would follow.
It’s the age-old story in Spain today. Boy meets girl. Boy and girl throw tons of tomatoes. Girl kisses boy.
You know things are going great in North Dakota when the governor can proclaim it ‘Mr. Bubble Day'” without fear of humiliation.
Too pretty for homework?