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Only 9 humans who’ve seen the moon up close are still alive

Only 9 humans who’ve seen the moon up close are still alive

Dick Gordon was the pilot on Apollo 12, the second mission to the moon on which Charles Conrad and lunar module pilot, Alan Bean got to bounce around on the moon while Gordon, like Michael Collins before him, got to orbit the moon by himself for a few days. He died on Monday.
by Bob Collins

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To the people who participate

One of the reasons we have people in public service we don't like is because we have no interest in being an alternative.
by Bob Collins

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Mickey Mouse and the free press in Hollywood showdown

In a world full of corporate phonies, few are as fraudulent as Mickey Mouse and the company that's amassed a fortune and immense corporate power and isn't afraid to use it to intimidate a free press into submission.
by Bob Collins

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How not to use a roundabout

A roundabout in Worthington, Minn., was apparently too confusing for the driver of an RV. So he/she simply ignored it and took the direct route.
by Bob Collins

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In obituary, a call to forgive someone who doesn’t deserve it

In obituary, a call to forgive someone who doesn’t deserve it

Debi Berger, of Moorhead, didn't get the last look at Christmas lights that her daughter and friends tried to arrange before she succumbed to liver cancer on Saturday. Britney Berger had desperately tried to get people to put up Christmas lights early to ease her mom's anxiety and fulfill a last wish.
by Bob Collins

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Headstone inscription irks family of soldier

America has had so many wars that we don't know what to call them anymore. Is it Gulf War I an Gulf War II? Or do we just refer to them now as the Gulf War, and Afghanistan, and Iraq?
by Bob Collins

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Assessing how NPR covered NPR

Since the story of Michael Oreskes surfaced last week, I've been waiting for NPR's ombudsman to check in with an assessment of how NPR covered the story of sexual harassment allegations against the newsroom boss, who has since been fired. Today, Elizabeth Jensen did.
by Bob Collins

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When baby makes four

When baby makes four

Third-parent adoption is legal in California. So, Zeke Hausfather and Avary Kent and David Jay are now the proud parents of Octavia.
by Bob Collins

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The new Mozart

The new Mozart

She's 12 years old and was featured last night on CBS' 60 Minutes broadcast, host Scott Pelley acknowledging that humankind doesn't know enough about the brain to understand why she's a virtuoso on the piano and the violin and why she's been able to compose an opera and why she hears notes in her head the way the rest of us hear words.
by Bob Collins

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With no military, no air show in Mankato in 2018

There's more to aviation than fighter jets, but people don't seem as interested in looking up anymore unless there's lots of noise and the appearance of danger.
by Bob Collins

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