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January 14, 2018 3:45 AM

Fifth graders provide a honeymoon and right an injustice

Not much can make a person feel better about the future than seeing a fifth-grader tear up at the story of injustice.

by Bob Collins

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January 12, 2018 9:18 AM

Crossing the ‘S-word’ rubicon

In the end, it was easier for NPR to use an obscenity than it was during the presidential campaign to use a word that is far less offensive: 'lie'.

by Bob Collins

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January 12, 2018 4:54 AM

Will we ever ‘get’ Tonya Harding?

Thanks to the movie 'I, Tonya', Tonya Harding, the former Olympic figure skater has become a sympathetic figure. Hollywood can create any reality.

by Bob Collins

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January 12, 2018 2:43 AM

Cheap escapes will get more expensive in Wisconsin

You'll be shelling out more money to use some Wisconsin state parks, including one of the most popular ones near the Twin Cities.

by Bob Collins

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January 12, 2018 2:19 AM

Do politicians have an obligation to be on social media?

In a video editorial today, the Rochester Post Bulletin (the Post Bulletin no longer publishes a paper on Friday) asks whether it's acceptable for public officials to discontinue their social media accounts.

by Bob Collins

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January 12, 2018 1:01 AM

We need more newspapers

Americans hate their news media. But some of its most wealthy are running cons, stealing people's financial future and running off to Naples. Only one institution is calling them on it.

by Bob Collins

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January 11, 2018 11:57 PM

What’s on MPR News today? 1/12/18

Here's a list of the topics and guests you'll hear on Minnesota Public Radio News today.

by Bob Collins

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January 11, 2018 11:17 AM

You Are Editor: The ‘stuff’ that makes us blush

For sure we in the business actively engage in self-delusion when using words to substitute for obscenities. There's good reason for that.

by Bob Collins

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January 11, 2018 9:32 AM

Venture capitalist is behind Save Lake Calhoun group

It's always been a little difficult to determine who is behind the Save Lake Calhoun newspaper ads that have lobbied against a name change of the lake that honors former Vice President John C. Calhoun, the architect of forced Native American relocation and an ardent supporter of slavery. Now we know.

by Bob Collins

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January 11, 2018 7:09 AM

Cumberland, Wis., cancels school like it’s 1999

It seems pretty clear now we're in a no-school-announcement arms race.

by Bob Collins

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