Bob Collins
Where are all the tornadoes this year, what we’re supposed to do about white privilege, the good of video gaming, four simple words that could change how we think about mental health, and the last first dance. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Five by 8
When Mary had to drop her passion, for the love of baseball, a new bike for Shaina, from the mean streets of New York Mills, and with this ring I thee reclaim two lives. Read more →
Lessons from summer camp, another side of Tsarnaev, the people who make ‘play ball’ possible, together again in Duluth, and Cheerios’ new ad. Read more →
… but if you didn’t do anything wrong, what’s the problem? Also: the 40-year old photo that gives us reason to smile, Aaron’s last wish, what Twitter made a guy do at the All Star game, and just when you think you couldn’t love Carl Kasell any more. Read more →
On the cover of the Rolling Stone, the rise of the baseball scorecard, why can’t a lemonade stand just be a lemonade stand, a step toward racial equality in Saint Paul, and the return of the bookmobile. Read more →
A question of race. Or not. What kids know that adults don’t. The electric Lindbergh. Tales of the Frankenstein rabbit. And the new bamboo menace in the Northland. Read more →
What can you do in the wake of the Zimmerman verdict that can make a difference, the once-a-day-phone-call economy, in praise of the innovators, to be a farmer in Minnesota, and for the love of baseball. Read more →
Is it time for the Twins to fire their manager, when is it OK to mention a woman’s appearance in a news story, health care for your pet, how to wash your hair in space, and one small step to fight hunger. Read more →
Is the American Dream dead? Forgetting how to fly. The creeping corruption. Before I did. The urinal sink. Read more →
The art of being bumped, the big telephone disconnect, every killing has a story, the science of Cookie Monster, and what if the planets were as close as the moon? Read more →
We welcome the coming riff-raff; our secret is out. The people who care enough not to disappear after covering a story. The next philanthropists? One common hope in Carlton and St. Louis counties, and what will the driverless car do to our cities? Read more →
Why people drown, the amazing climbing airline fee, dispatches from the battlefield, now this message from real life, and free art Friday. Read more →
Was the storm a ‘federal disaster,’ that thing that good people do, the Hotshots on climate change, how to be your own big brother, and North Dakota’s crime boom. Read more →
Team Josh, Gettysburg at 150, a special session for the Internet tax, why don’t people like books anymore, and Lake Pepin with glorious weather. Read more →
A foreclosure in Rush City, the mosquito fight we can’t win, the people who defend the poor, a bid for bus lanes, and the Lark of Duluth flies again. Read more →