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TV is still a tough slog for older women

Here's a story you'll never see covered on TV news: TV news is unfair territory for women. A couple of stories in the news this week provide testimonials to the fact.
by Bob Collins

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Social media making it easy to form online lynch mobs

Social media making it easy to form online lynch mobs

In the aftermath of the racial violence of Charlottesville, the Twitter account, Yes You're Racist, has invited its audience to dox the families of white supremacists by publishing names. It's all very wink-wink. It doesn't instruct people to make life miserable for family members. It doesn't have to.
by Bob Collins

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The Confederate flag debate is back

The Confederate flag debate is back

Yoga pants and visible hickeys are specifically banned in a lot of South Dakota schools but students with Confederate flag T-shirts might get away with it.
by Bob Collins

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After Charlottesville, new life for a long-forgotten propaganda film

After Charlottesville, new life for a long-forgotten propaganda film

There's a fair chance that more people have seen a 1942 Army documentary in the last 48 hours than saw it in theaters when the government produced and distributed the anti-fascism film.
by Bob Collins

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And now this moment of human achievement

And now this moment of human achievement

Every Monday should start with a SpaceX launch and main booster return to earth. We do some pretty cool things on this planet and today's launch and recovery puts SpaceX near the top of the list.
by Bob Collins

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Too quiet after death of wife, a judge puts in a swimming pool

A good love story can take many forms and, not surprisingly, Boyd Huppert of KARE 11 found a good one for his weekly series last evening.
by Bob Collins

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The dogs who jump off docks

The dogs who jump off docks

Some days you just need a little video of a dock-jumping dog. Today, for example.
by Bob Collins

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Fargo family rejects Charlottesville protester

Fargo family rejects Charlottesville protester

'Peter is a maniac, who has turned away from all of us and gone down some insane internet rabbit-hole, and turned into a crazy Nazi,' Peter Tefft's nephew tells WDAY.
by Bob Collins

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After racism in Charlottesville, a call to say its name

After racism in Charlottesville, a call to say its name

There is an undeniable attraction between Donald Trump and the racists who flooded the streets and killed a woman in Charlottesville over the weekend.
by Bob Collins

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A souvenir of war returns to Japan

A souvenir of war returns to Japan

Marvin Strombo is 93 now. It's been 73 years since he took a Japanese flag from a dead soldier on Saipan. On Friday, Marvin landed in Tokyo, the first step to bring the flag home. There are, apparently, a lot of old men still out there having second thoughts about their souvenirs of war.
by Bob Collins

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