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Rethinking free speech

Rethinking free speech

The aftermath of the terrorism in Charlottesville has presented the greatest challenge to support for the breadth of the concept of free speech in years, and it appears to be softening.
by Bob Collins

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In a dangerous city, baseball creates a safe place

In a dangerous city, baseball creates a safe place

We interrupt the ongoing horrible news of the day for the NewsCut version of a hit of oxygen: a story about kids and baseball. And a dangerous city. And a man who tries to make a difference in what is probably a lost cause. Because what other choice do we really have?
by Bob Collins

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Sun Country to become no-frills airline

Sun Country to become no-frills airline

One can hardly blame the airline for decision, reported by the Star Tribune today, to follow the path of the cheap airlines that advertise low fares and then add fees for every 'frill' the customer wants. Frills like overhead bin space, and the option to carry on luggage. And leg room. The airline is planning to put more seats in its planes.
by Bob Collins

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‘I’ve got heritage too’

‘I’ve got heritage too’

'This is my country. My flesh has mixed with the soil of this continent for almost 400 years,' Eric Chandler, of Duluth, writes. 'My family helped build and defend a form of government that allows us to lurch forward to a better world. One where we are all created equal. That’s my heritage.'
by Bob Collins

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When should journalists intervene?

When should journalists intervene?

This picture, from Saturday's white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, has started a mini-debate that is as old as journalism itself: When should journalists step in to help the subject of a story or photograph?
by Bob Collins

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Report: U of M followed procedures, laws in football suspensions

A report by a law firm hired by the University of Minnesota Board of Regents says the university followed its own rules and the law when it suspended 10 football players last year in a Title IX investigation of the sexual assault of a woman.
by Bob Collins

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Dubay charged with domestic assault

Dubay charged with domestic assault

Other than Kirby Puckett, it's hard to recall a figure in Minnesota sports who crashed and burned as hard as Jeff Dubay, the former sportstalk radio star in the Twin Cities.
by Bob Collins

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The state of hate in Minnesota

The state of hate in Minnesota

According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, we have 10 hate groups in Minnesota, including a KKK chapter and neo-Nazis.
by Cody Nelson

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Cottage Grove’s airmail history may get protection

Cottage Grove’s airmail history may get protection

It's the last remaining concrete arrow in Minnesota, where the landscape was once dotted by them, to help steer air mail pilots to their destination.
by Bob Collins

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Pitcher kicks cancer, throws shutout in return

Pitcher kicks cancer, throws shutout in return

'It crept in this morning, when I woke up, just thinking about everything that had happened, everything that my family and I had been through,' Chad Bettis said. 'I was holding back tears until the start.'
by Bob Collins

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