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Dear Mr. President: ‘The country needs more spunk’

Dear Mr. President: ‘The country needs more spunk’

It's a sweet letter but what is particular comforting is this: Kids still write letters to the president of the United States.
by Bob Collins

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Iowa State Fair v. Minnesota State Fair: Outhouse category

Iowa State Fair v. Minnesota State Fair: Outhouse category

We must decide for ourselves which state fair is better, but you have to admit that the outhouse races in Iowa are, as we say in Minnesota, 'different'
by Bob Collins

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When a weed went to war

When a weed went to war

It it hadn't been for schoolkids picking milkweeds, a lot of sailors wouldn't have lived long enough to tell their stories of surviving ship sinkings in World War II.
by Bob Collins

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Why don’t we take driving safely seriously?

Why don’t we take driving safely seriously?

Give the people of Morristown, New Jersey some credit for at least acknowledging out loud -- sort of -- that a person's car is their castle and they have a god-given right to do whatever they want therein.
by Bob Collins

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It’s past time to be shocked by Aleppo

It’s past time to be shocked by Aleppo

We are told today that this image of a little boy, hurt in the civil war that has leveled Aleppo in Syria, is shocking the world. Now what?
by Bob Collins

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Can a cemetery be more than death plots?

A cemetery is a destination venue, but perhaps there are better ways to attract people to them than dying and funerals. That's the most fascinating aspect of the brouhaha over plans for a hot rod show at a Roseville cemetery: its directors want people to come visit without having it be about dying.
by Bob Collins

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NPR gives up on comments

Not everyone deserves a microphone or an audience. And unless news organizations are willing to demand a standard of civility, they're right to do what they are basically doing: pulling the plug on their audience.
by Bob Collins

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Weather forecast? Trust meteorologists, not old farmers

Weather forecast? Trust meteorologists, not old farmers

August is a pretty slow month for news, which might explain why newsies are -- again -- respewing the Old Farmer's Almanac winter predictions.
by Bob Collins

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An ex-con discovers ‘Minnesota Nice’

He acknowledges in his op-ed in the Star Tribune today that his bar for 'nice' is pretty low; he came to accept the rudeness of prison as normal... almost nice. Still, he writes today, Minnesota is pretty nice for a person trying for a second chance.
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