Bob Collins
The Boundary Waters way, shrugging at corruption, two ‘shades of grey’ in library conundrum, the most famous knee in Minnesota, and return of a Fargo TV personality.
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Five by 8
Foul territory in rural Minnesota, misleading presidential polls, prisoners of our own culture, battle of the naked Wisconsinites, and skipping stones in Sun Valley.
When a 100-year-old-woman loses her home, laid down and wiped away, the passion of Monday-Friday, hunters and their deer-stand mansions, and a light approach to suicide.
Where boys don’t fit in, why do you do this, the smoking ban report card, the medal hunter, and just sing the song.
The people of Prescott, the dirt we’re breathing, when rules are rules, guerrilla gardening in Fargo, and Marilyn visits the IHOP.
A postcard from winter, word of the day: Derecho, the gay anchor, the drive-in, and the worst in workplace jargon.
Another look at the Un-Fair campaign, a quick jog around the world, the flood runner of Duluth, are family vacations worth it, the end of the AC throttle.
Civil engineering – Duluth style, and old man behind the most popular blog today, who is ‘Catholic,’ hot enough for you, and rock paper robot.
What if there’s no local news, the future of Car Talk considered, it’s not the heat it’s the fire, shock value in a Minneapolis killing, and what Nora Ephron misses and doesn’t miss.
Dispatches from ‘Planet Parenthood,’ after the floods, NPR’s Muslim ‘extremist’ story, the dead trees of Northfield, and the right to swear in public.
The widening of the generation gap, how much kindness is too much kindness, is downtown Minneapolis safe, rosary or jewelry, and the end of the line for a great tortoise.
Knitting an Olympic-sized controversy, not everything of value has a price tag, Kenny Markiewicz’ wild ride, the dark side of the bus monitor story, and the faces behind the flag.
Picking up in Duluth, the jobless recovery, the jobs we do, the Neiman-Lanpher snit remembered, and 21 images to restore your faith in humanity.
Do Minnesota’s weather woes come from Nebraska, hockey backtracks on its efforts to make the sport safer, the impact of the government worker, buying black, and the lights over Lapland.
Freedom Day, living the buddy-system way, encounter with a homeless man, Minds Interrupted, a question of priorities in West Fargo, and how a bucket list can kill you.