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Theft of the Blog: Missing the concert

Theft of the Blog: Missing the concert

'It doesn't take much more than kindness and a little music to turn disappointment into an unexpected gift. That's what a group of young men did for two little boys and their mother on Thursday at the State Capitol.'
by Bob Collins

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After saluting vets, football fans throw flag down with the trash

The Green Bay Packers paid tribute to veterans during their game on Monday night, giving away American flags to everyone streaming into the stadium. Many of the flags ended up on the ground.
by Bob Collins

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Theft of the Blog: The ambulance crews of Alexandria

Theft of the Blog: The ambulance crews of Alexandria

'My dad had been going through cancer treatment since March (thank you tobacco industry, agent orange and asbestos). Usually, on a lovely spring, summer or fall day you could find him sitting outside my parents' garage watching the traffic, yelling at speeders or waving at friends, especially the local ambulance crew. '
by Bob Collins

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Theft of the Blog: A musician’s impact

Theft of the Blog: A musician’s impact

My grandmother, Margaret Terry Trowbridge, was 82 when I moved from Alabama to Minneapolis in February 2000 to join the mighty Minnesota Orchestra. A native Minnesotan and lifelong fan of classical music, she could not have been more proud for one of her grandkids to be joining the ranks at Orchestra Hall. I was pretty darn proud, myself, and couldn’t wait to welcome my grandma in person at one of the Thursday morning concerts she’d been attending for years.
by Bob Collins

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In search of decency

The theme for Friday's Theft of the Blog: Tell me a story of decency. Preferably it'll be about someone you know, but at this point, we'll settle for decency where we can find it.
by Bob Collins

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Dispatches from the leaf-blower war

In the aftermath of the attack on Sen. Rand Paul, allegedly in some sort of dispute over landscaping between neighbors in their gated community, we have no choice but to give the benefit of the doubt to unnamed political analysts who see a more sinister situation. A war of leaf blowers.
by Bob Collins

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The story the news media missed in Sutherland

The story the news media missed in Sutherland

A Texas reporter thinks the news media owes Sutherland an apology and says there must be a better way to cover stories like this.
by Bob Collins

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A tap on the shoulder and a ‘thank you’

A tap on the shoulder and a ‘thank you’

World War II veteran Harold Zilmer of, Minot, N.D., was walking around the World War II memorial in Washington this week. He was on an Honor Flight, which flies veterans to the memorial and back on the same day.
by Bob Collins

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In latest suicide rescue, a yearning to know ‘why?’

In latest suicide rescue, a yearning to know ‘why?’

There are still too many people who believe the myth that showing you this picture and talking about what's happening will lead more people to want to jump from a bridge.
by Bob Collins

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Broadcaster under fire for saying Halladay got what he deserved

Broadcaster under fire for saying Halladay got what he deserved

Everything that's wrong with bro-talk radio can pretty much be summed up with a Boston sportscaster's rant against Roy Halladay on the day after Halladay -- about as decent a person as ever existed -- crashed his plane into the Gulf of Mexico and died.
by Bob Collins

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