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Mary and Bob (6/18/13)

All the failed plots because of domestic surveillance, peace talks with the Taliban, who spent the big money on lobbying at the Capitol, another bear attack, and the woman who doesn’t want to be paid with a debit card from McDonald’s. Here’s today’s news conversation with Mary Lucia on The Current.
by Bob Collins

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The boss in the jump seat

We don’t cover the airline-formerly-known-as-Northwest much anymore, not since it got gobbled up by Delta and became the airline from Atlanta. Which is a shame because the airline from Atlanta is pretty much run by the former execs of the airline-formerly-known-as-Northwest. And, of course, it still provides plenty of jobs in flyover country. But this…
by Bob Collins

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TSA as morality patrol

TSA as morality patrol

Apparently the new threat to air safety is 15-year-old girls whose shirts are not tightly buttoned. Over the weekend, Boing Boing editor Mark Frauenfelder relayed the story about what happened when the girl passed through the TSA security post in Los Angeles: She said the officer was “glaring” at her and mumbling. She said, “Excuse…
by Bob Collins

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Would you welcome a stranger?

Would you welcome a stranger?

When I first started following the story of Daniel Alvarez, the Florida man who kayaked from Minnesota’s Northwest Angle to Key West and who is now paddling back by way of the Atlantic Ocean and Hudson River, I was deeply impressed by the kindness of Canada, Minnesota, and Wisconsin individuals who looked after him, if…
by Bob Collins

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5 x 8: A report card of failure

5 x 8: A report card of failure

How we teach the teachers. The dog tags go home to a Minnesota native. Remembering Roy Grow. Why are men so fragile? And should we require deposits on cigarette butts?
by Bob Collins

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Mary and Bob (6/17/13)

Mary and Bob (6/17/13)

Snowden’s “honor” from Dick Cheny, Texas and South Dakota woo the gun manufacturers, the Stillwater Lift Bridge is all out of lift, the new astronaut from White Bear Lake. Here’s the “it always goes smoothly” news conversation with Mary Lucia on The Current. By the way, after we chatted about commencement speeches, Mary acknowledged she…
by Bob Collins

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Hoofing it from Minnesota to San Francisco

Hoofing it from Minnesota to San Francisco

We have a new entry in our ongoing list of people biking across country, running across country, kayaking across the country and — if you noted on 5×8 today — golfing across country. Nathan Mehlhoff left his parents house in Lakeville this afternoon and started walking to San Francisco. Why? To see what’s between here…
by Bob Collins

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Lewis Black’s welcome to the world of idiots

Lewis Black’s welcome to the world of idiots

I was worried that we’d get through the entire graduation season without a halfway-decent commencement speech that could hold our attention for longer than 15 seconds. But then Lewis Black gave his first-ever commencement speech to the grads of University of California– San Diego’s Thurgood Marhsall College. “I want you to know that you are…
by Bob Collins

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A ‘win’ for the 4H kid

A ‘win’ for the 4H kid

You can go an entire lifetime without saving someone’s life. A young man named Delbert Willert of Lake Benton didn’t go more than a few years. An employee of the Hendricks Farmers Elevator fell into a grain bin this morning, according to Steve Hemmingsen, who writes the newsletter in town. Typically, if you fall into…
by Bob Collins

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What do artists owe you?

What do artists owe you?

The tension and reaction surrounding a Rock the Garden set, perhaps, was inevitable as more rock festivals feature partnerships with previously-unlikely bedfellows. Rock music and an art museum? In the end, at least with one set, the locale won out. Art is supposed to satisfy, infuriate, cause a commotion and get people involved in spirited debate.
by Bob Collins

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