Bob Collins
Tornadoes expose the way people are forced to live, Moorhead’s extreme home tax bill, pinecones as the new currency, Palin’s history, and the bike kid.
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Five by 8
When people do good, forgiving is not enough, our weight and My Plate, the swamps of Dakota County, and the airshow crash.
The ombudsman steps down, the biggest snowpile in Minnesota, baseball steps up on gay bullying, Capitol chicken, and tornado myths.
Why do parents drive kids everywhere, an Okee Dokee trip down the Mississippi, the dancing Jeffersonians strike again, a walk down the aisle, and high school’s silly season.
Flying the Liberty Belle, who wants a jetpack, the world of marriagecraft, who’s to blame at the Capitol, and soccer vs. tornado at Fox9.
Should government stay out of your smartphone; ready, set, help; why the low turnout at Killebrew’s celebration; self defense or murder; and were voters hoodwinked on Legacy Amendment?
Do gas prices go down as fast as they go up, whites as victims of racism, get to know a Minneapolis neighborhood, the need to see what a tornado looks like, and why letters matter in New Ulm
The worst of the season is yet to come, the myth of the recycling box, Bob Dylan is forever 70, when pinball dreams go tilt, and Kevin Slowey’s yawn.
How to help with the cleanup in north Minneapolis, Minnesota is caught in the middle of a presidential race, muskrat hate in Grand Forks, Sandra Bernhard on Wits, and Kate Couric on Katie Couric.
Getting ready for the same-sex marriage debate, a lesson for hotshots, embracing spring, a goodbye to Harmon, and homeowners vs. the power line.
Caron’s tour of duty, an eye on Iowa’s pigs, the Vikes’ stadium from the outside in, measuring up to Harmon, and long-lasting marriages are increasing.
Waiting for the end of days, dumping glitter on Gingrich, thin is in at a younger age than you imagined, the dancing Jeffersonians, and Aberdeen’s secret.
On speaking up, GOP vs. GOP on health care in Minnesota, what your computer desktop says about you, loose politicians sink ships, and the Freedom Riders 50 years on.
Who wants to get dirty, Duluth’s honor flight, end of the Memphis hub, the cow retirement home, and Hawking on heaven.
Stadium editorials, what free speech looks like, the rocketman over the Grand Canyon, the achievement gap up close, and the vegetable hail scale considered.