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At prom time, a call to get back to basics

At prom time, a call to get back to basics

The Washington Post reports today that a recent study from a credit card company revealed that the average prom costs $919 a couple, with $324 going toward the 'promposal.'
by Bob Collins

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So you want to be an airline pilot. Why?

So you want to be an airline pilot. Why?

How much should the person at the front of your airplane be making?
by Bob Collins

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Age takes a bite out of town-ball tradition

Age takes a bite out of town-ball tradition

One of these days I'm going to spend summer nights in Minnesota communities where town ball is still a thing, I often say to myself at roughly this time every year. Maybe I better hurry up.
by Bob Collins

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A questionable headline frames terrorism discussion

A questionable headline frames terrorism discussion

Norm Coleman recommended that a task force study why people become terrorists, hardly an innovative idea. Here's one: Stop writing offensive headlines when framing the issue.
by Bob Collins

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Remembering the Kim-Hi nights

Remembering the Kim-Hi nights

It's very nearly drive-in movie season again, another opportunity to reflect on what we've lost.
by Bob Collins

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The homeless man of Congress

The homeless man of Congress

Charles Gladden is 63. He makes $11 an hour keeping the marble of the Capitol clean, and he takes home about $360 a week. And by 'home' he means the subway station.
by Bob Collins

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Prom proposal with a sign of the times

Maybe high school is getting to be a less mean place.
by Bob Collins

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When Mackenzie turned 10, Shakopee turned out

When Mackenzie turned 10, Shakopee turned out

In Shakopee last weekend, Mackenzie Moretter turned 10, and it looked as though nobody invited to her party would show up. Nobody that was invited RSVP'd, so her mother, Jenny Moretter, posted a message on Facebook sites for the Shakopee community.
by Bob Collins

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How hockey ‘gets it’

How hockey ‘gets it’

If every major sport were on a sinking ship and I could save just one, I think I'd opt for hockey.
by Bob Collins

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