http://bobcollins.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Bob Collins en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2010 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:54:25 GMT 2010-02-10T01:54:25Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2010 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978030398 In the gym at Wrenshall (Minn.) High School, the girl's basketball team stretches before practice with a series of chants that end with an elusive wish. "Victory!" A plaque dedicated to . . . Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:38:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978030398 Bob Collins 2010-02-04T13:38:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978010805 Visiting Minnesota Vikings fans in New Orleans: Your allegiance is threatened. Finding out this relationship between the Saints and the people of New Orleans is real, can make you think you married wrong. . . . Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:13:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978010805 Bob Collins 2010-01-23T22:13:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978004607 1) In the wake of yesterday's Republican win in the Massachusetts Senate election, Democrats and Republicans get to test whether anything has changed. When an election ends, will people close . . . Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:42:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978004607 Bob Collins 2010-01-20T13:42:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978002648 1) A song for Haiti. The students at the High School for Recording Arts in St. Paul: It's been awhile since one story was the top story for a full week. National Public . . . Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:37:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978002648 Bob Collins 2010-01-19T13:37:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978000808 The Monday Morning Rouser: 1) As I was saying , "Norm Coleman is going to run for governor. The signs are almost as obvious as the ones that say Tim Pawlenty is running for . . . Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:49:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978000808 Bob Collins 2010-01-18T12:49:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977995952 1) Monday is Martin Luther King Jr., Day. What would MLK think about the U.S. today? (h/t: Open Culture ) 2) What's worse than not hearing anything from a loved one in . . . Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:29:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977995952 Bob Collins 2010-01-15T13:29:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977992320 1) An old colleague of mine pens a first-person tribute to the woman who hid Anne Frank . In the first half of 1929, two baby girls were born to Jewish families living in and near Frankfurt, Germany. . . . Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:09:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977992320 Bob Collins 2010-01-13T13:09:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977983471 1) A very powerful essay from Elizabeth Ellis of the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder : It was 10 o'clock on a Friday night, drizzling rain in a not-too-good part of town behind the State Capitol. . . . Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:34:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977983471 Bob Collins 2010-01-08T13:34:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979615 1) The Physics Circus is being held today at Northrop Auditorium on the University of Minnesota campus. There are plenty of videos intended to make science fun here . We favor the human rocket. . . . Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:28:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979615 Bob Collins 2010-01-06T13:28:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977589 1) Why are you dissatisfied with your job? The Conference Board has issued its annual survey of job dissatisfaction and found it at record lows . It blames it on the recession, but the index has been . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:41:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977589 Bob Collins 2010-01-05T13:41:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975580 No decade can officially begin until the Monday Morning Rouser ushers in the first Monday: 1) One of the biggest operations the FBI has launched since February 11 is trying . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:16:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975580 Bob Collins 2010-01-04T13:16:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970915 It's over. The one-week of the year where we have to look back at the top news of the year. We newspeople have a tremendous need to try to define ourselves by the top stories of the day or, in this case, . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 01:15:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970915 Bob Collins 2010-01-01T01:15:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970170 1) That's it for 2009, then. And the decade, if you believe that the decade is actually over. Now it's time for the predictions, which will mostly be wrong because the future is a funny thing; it almost . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:59:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970170 Bob Collins 2009-12-31T13:59:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967031 1) MPR's Lorna Benson has done some of the best H1N1 coverage in Minnesota. For all of the years of planning for a flu pandemic in the U.S., she reports, the less-than-crippling H1N1 flu revealed . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:51:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967031 Bob Collins 2009-12-29T12:51:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965529 The final Monday Morning Rouser of 2009: 1) Back in the days of Conelrad , an alert tone would tell you that if there were a nuclear attack, all you'd have to do is tune . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:58:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965529 Bob Collins 2009-12-28T12:58:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961674 I know. You probably want to talk about the weather. But I just finished shoveling and, for the moment, I'm all "talk about the weathered" out. Let's see what the rest of the universe is doing. 1) . . . Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:37:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961674 Bob Collins 2009-12-24T13:37:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977960436 With all of the flight cancellations because of the coming snowstorm, we have to wonder: What will it be like when new rules go into effect intended to eliminate tarmac delays ( read the rules . . . Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:51:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977960436 Bob Collins 2009-12-23T15:51:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958566 1) A Harvard professor says we've lost our sense of morality when it comes to giving. Over to you, NPR . Experts call it "selfish giving" -- when givers are looking to get back more than just . . . Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:16:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958566 Bob Collins 2009-12-22T13:16:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956889 Here's this week's Monday Morning Rouser. Listen as you ponder this: Why has no one written a decent blues -- or any other genre -- song with Minnesota in the title? Buddy Guy, . . . Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:19:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956889 Bob Collins 2009-12-21T13:19:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977953176 1) Garrison Keillor channels the people who post comments on YouTube and newspaper Web sites: Unitarians listen to the Inner Voice and so they have no creed that they all stand up and recite . . . Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:00:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977953176 Bob Collins 2009-12-18T16:00:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977951476 First this: Who is the most intriguing person you met or otherwise associated with in some capacity this year? Tell me . 1) I have been learning how to bake a cake with a file in it since the uproar . . . Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:48:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977951476 Bob Collins 2009-12-17T15:48:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977949793 1) The Star Tribune today provided a sympathetic profile of David Walsh and his National Institute of Media and the Family , which is going out of business. Walsh has been a one-man critic of "violent" . . . Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:29:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977949793 Bob Collins 2009-12-16T13:29:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977189187 The Centers for Disease Control reported this week what many parents, and most school authorities figured out some time ago: bullying isn't just for the schoolyard anymore . Much of it has moved . . . Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:09:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977189187 Bob Collins 2007-11-28T22:09:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977188274 After visiting with a few residents of the Corcoran neighborhood last week to discuss the effect of the mortgage foreclosure crisis on their neighborhood, one resident sent this e-mail the next day: . . . Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:46:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977188274 Bob Collins 2007-11-27T23:46:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977183554 When does this... Mean this... And when does it mean this? When is a noose a symbol of execution, and when is it a symbol of lynching of more than 5,000 African Americans in this . . . Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:33:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977183554 Bob Collins 2007-11-21T19:33:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977183338 No doubt this will sound like sour grapes. No journalist -- or blogger -- wants to get beaten on any story. And there's no question that blogger Eric Black "owned" (as we like to say in . . . Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:48:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977183338 Bob Collins 2007-11-21T14:48:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977182429 Perhaps we, the media, should reconsider what our job is. Perhaps you, the audience, should think about it , too. At the moment, we're not on the same page. A young lady, Rissa Amen-Reif, . . . Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:35:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977182429 Bob Collins 2007-11-20T16:35:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977175157 n our political culture, we've become accustomed to a myth, partly because of the way news is covered. There is a good guy and there is a bad guy. There is white and there is black . There is . . . Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:43:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977175157 Bob Collins 2007-11-12T18:43:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977170461 I consider myself a relatively earth-friendly sort. I drive 55 mph. I don't pour my used motor oil down the storm drain... anymore. I shut the TVs off in the newsroom when I leave. I try to do my . . . Wed, 07 Nov 2007 20:33:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977170461 Bob Collins 2007-11-07T20:33:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977169345 Is a Willmar school teacher abusing her special education kids or not?   The state Department of Education is going to have to decide that after five different investigations  of special . . . Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:02:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977169345 Bob Collins 2007-11-06T19:02:03Z