Bob Collins
A union struggle begins to fizzle, the answer to Rodney King, find yourself in the Rock the Garden crowd, the birdman of the U.S. Open, and what’s underneath the water you spent all weekend on top of?
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Five by 8
Following flooding, why don’t people follow the news, a Guardsman says goodbye, would painting blacktop white make a difference, and a walk over Niagra Falls.
The newspaper canary dies, the comeback of the street in Minneapolis, revisiting bike-to-work day, a sense of place in the Twin Cities, and Minnesota Nice.
The Muslims are coming, Fight Night in Crude County, the curse of the ’67 Twins, the ‘zero’ debate renewed, and the mass nouns of sport.
The right to say ‘no,’ happy people and happy mornings, do we create our own luck, getting emotionally involved as journalists, and tearing down this wall.
Graduation generalizations, who would pull a woman from a burning car, eliminating property taxes, waiting on the Supreme Court, and remembering the Minnesota weekend.
When freedoms collide, steal someone’s bike at work day, no money for nothing in West Fargo, the Twins pass on taking a risk, and nature or nurture.
A desert consumes farmland, conservative moments, pilot v. flight attendants, why buying local isn’t always the best idea, and the shin-kicking olympics.
What we learned from Venus, guitar theft ends on happy note, some landowners cash in, talking good in the Midwest, and a dream deferred no longer.
A lesson in constitutional ignorance, Claire’s graduation, don’t mess with Mr. Zero, Williston residents losing their city and homes to oil, and dealing with it.
In the footsteps of Orville and Wilbur, who helped kill Derek Boogaard, Matt’s race, a celebration at Prairie Island, and Bloomberg’s Blue Earth bumble.
The recall election, the picture that still won’t let us turn away, the great bubble wrap debate, the stationary kayak, and the time machine in the back of a truck.
The challenges of early dementia explored, public defending is not a ‘thankless’ job, start using common sense, the connection between an Irish rower and the Ojibwe, and disappointment in the trip of a lifetime.
Local music and local heresy, the lure of the Oil Patch, Marina Keegan’s last essay, wishing away Jim Crow, and what happens to all the VHS tapes?
Return to Cedar Rapids, alone together, why it’s OK to not know what you’re doing, why are politicians giving up, and the blind baseball traveler completes his mission.