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Killing health care with a thousand paper cuts (5×8: 12/18/13)

Killing health care with a thousand paper cuts (5×8: 12/18/13)

The toxic mix of politics and health care, is the Nienstedt controversy for Catholics only, baseball parks in winter, the rights of white supremacists vs. the rights of people to try to shut them up, and why aren’t kids interested in driving?
by Bob Collins

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Mary and Bob – 12/17/13

The archbishop steps aside, the legislative face of human services retires, the dawn of the intelligent snowplow, the pricetag for stockbrokers killed on 9/11, Gov. Walker hints he'll sign the school mascots bill in Wisconsin, and the end of Harold Camping's world.
by Bob Collins

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End of the world arrives for man who predicted it often

End of the world arrives for man who predicted it often

Harold Camping has died. He gave us this billboard in NE Minneapolis a few years ago. Camping said he had a mathematical formula for determining the end of days but he never shared it, only the result, which, as you probably have figured out, was wrong. When the world didn’t end in May 2011, he Read more →
by Bob Collins

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Remembering the housing crisis

As the housing crisis eases, have we learned anything?
by Bob Collins

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Donor #393681: Why I couldn’t be a medical hero

Donor #393681: Why I couldn’t be a medical hero

The older we get, the greater our chances of being the grateful rather than the hero.
by Bob Collins

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When the sky called us

When the sky called us

The Wright Brothers flew for the first time 110 years ago today.
by Bob Collins

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‘A story about what’s right when we spend too much time writing about what’s wrong’ (5×8 – 12/17/13)

‘A story about what’s right when we spend too much time writing about what’s wrong’ (5×8 – 12/17/13)

The joy of a mentor, the end of programs to feed hungry seniors, in search of the right Christmas kettle, thoughts on football while waiting for baseball, and the bounty hunter at work.
by Bob Collins

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Mary and Bob – 12/16/13

Mary and Bob – 12/16/13

An unreasonable search of your phone, the Methodist minister who believes in gay rights and won't go quietly, The Diocese of Winona lists 14 priests accused of sexually abusing minors, the stupidest political tweet ever, and what Dick Nixon has to do with Minnesota weather.
by Bob Collins

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