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Big Papi’s analysis of the week

Big Papi’s analysis of the week

You'll just have to forgive failed Minnesota Twin -- and probable Red Sox Hall of Famer -- David Ortiz for the language he used today at Fenway Park
by Bob Collins

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Freedom is messy and ugly

Freedom is messy and ugly

Freedom can be incomprehensible and infuriating. Long may it live.
by Bob Collins

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Mary and Bob (4/19/13)

There's really not another story besides the stand-off in Boston. But we talk about them anyway.
by Bob Collins

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Kindness and the snow that makes us want to scream

Kindness and the snow that makes us want to scream

You could probably forgive a Chanhassen snowplower driver if he/she had chosen to destroy a snowman some kids built in a cul de sac.
by Bob Collins

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The empty American city

The empty American city

We really don't know what a major American city looks like when it's shut down, because -- as near as we can tell -- one has never been shut down before.
by Bob Collins

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The view from next door

Andrew Kitzenberg, an Edina native, had a bad seat for the overnight shootout in the Watertown area of metropolitan Boston. He's next door.
by Bob Collins

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The victims of bad journalism (5×8 – 4/19/13)

The victims of bad journalism (5×8 – 4/19/13)

This message from an innocent man, why I don't work, the new iconic picture of life in Minneapolis, fleeing the flood in Fargo, and are they taxes or are they fees?
by Bob Collins

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Mary and Bob (4/18/13)

Mary and Bob (4/18/13)

The Boston 'suspects,' the surgeon who ran the marathon, then saved people; the blast in Texas, gay marriage rally at the Capitol and how on earth can anyone afford to stop looking for work?
by Bob Collins

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Why ammonium nitrate explodes

Why ammonium nitrate explodes

Maggie Koerth-Baker is going to be on MPR’s Daily Circuit tomorrow to talk about last evening’s tragic explosion of a fertilizer plant in Texas. But — spoiler alert — in her Boing Boing column today, she gets to the nuts and bolts about ammonium nitrate fertilizer. In fact, since the 1950s, ammonium nitrate-based explosives have…
by Bob Collins

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