http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/?rsssource=1 A fresh eye on today's stories with Minnesota Public Radio's Bob Collins. Copyright 2008, Minnesota Public Radio Wed, 14 May 2008 12:24:54 -0600 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=4.1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tim Nelson Budget impasse? Maybe try filling the Capitol with white chocolate. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2008/05/at_the_capitol_put_a_fork_in_i.shtml?rsssource=1 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2008/05/at_the_capitol_put_a_fork_in_i.shtml Wed, 14 May 2008 12:24:54 CDT Tim Nelson You soon may no longer have to flush every time you use the bathroom in Minnesota, no matter what your mom told you. Well, sort of. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2008/05/potty_break.shtml?rsssource=1 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2008/05/potty_break.shtml Tue, 13 May 2008 22:55:04 CDT Tim Nelson Minnesota native Adam Minter lives and works 1,000 miles from the earthquake's epicenter in China, but still felt its shock. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2008/05/our_man_in_shanghai.shtml?rsssource=1 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2008/05/our_man_in_shanghai.shtml Mon, 12 May 2008 22:41:05 CDT Tim Nelson Some people stand on principle. Eighth grader Bishop Edens sits on his. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2008/05/the_other_pledge_week.shtml?rsssource=1 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2008/05/the_other_pledge_week.shtml Mon, 12 May 2008 11:57:28 CDT Tim Nelson It pays to be good, it turns out. Just not too good. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2008/05/this_blog_is_child_laborfree.shtml?rsssource=1 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2008/05/this_blog_is_child_laborfree.shtml Mon, 12 May 2008 09:05:06 CDT Tim Nelson For most of Minnesota's 150 years, transportation had emissions much more tangible, and pungent, than greenhouse gasses. A wagon train is celebrating that history. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2008/05/wagons_ho.shtml?rsssource=1 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2008/05/wagons_ho.shtml Fri, 09 May 2008 13:53:25 CDT Tim Nelson Tivo two episodes of Desperate Housewives and call me in the morning. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2008/05/and_now_a_prescription_from_ou.shtml?rsssource=1 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2008/05/and_now_a_prescription_from_ou.shtml Fri, 09 May 2008 05:02:27 CDT Tim Nelson Not even Carlos Gomez's white-hot bat can get the Twins out of the Fox Sports cellar. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2008/05/major_league_bummer.shtml?rsssource=1 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2008/05/major_league_bummer.shtml Thu, 08 May 2008 13:41:31 CDT Tim Nelson Robins sing. Snow melts. St. Paul has a budget deficit. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2008/05/still_going_for_broke.shtml?rsssource=1 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2008/05/still_going_for_broke.shtml Thu, 08 May 2008 11:37:47 CDT Tim Nelson It isn't just the blood of patriots and tyrants that refresh the tree of liberty. Happy tears and a splash of lemonade helped the cause in St. Paul today. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2008/05/a_few_other_self-evident_truths.shtml?rsssource=1 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2008/05/a_few_other_self-evident_truths.shtml Wed, 07 May 2008 16:11:56 CDT Tim Nelson It turns out that the complexity of Al Franken's income taxes isn't a recent phenomenon. It may date back to the Al Franken Decade -- comedically speaking. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2008/05/file_this_under_irony_on_april.shtml?rsssource=1 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2008/05/file_this_under_irony_on_april.shtml Wed, 07 May 2008 14:08:29 CDT Tim Nelson What will $200-a-barrel oil look like in your tank? Probably very much like it does right now. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2008/05/its_a_bird_a_plane_itssuper_sp.shtml?rsssource=1 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2008/05/its_a_bird_a_plane_itssuper_sp.shtml Wed, 07 May 2008 08:28:26 CDT Tim Nelson The only disaster bigger than a hurricane is being a rebel group in a hurricane, as Burmese Christians fear they're about to find out. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2008/05/the_politics_of_hurricanes.shtml?rsssource=1 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2008/05/the_politics_of_hurricanes.shtml Tue, 06 May 2008 14:13:38 CDT Tim Nelson Will the Twin Cities always be a two newspaper city? http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2008/05/the_newspapers_of_the_twin_cit.shtml?rsssource=1 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2008/05/the_newspapers_of_the_twin_cit.shtml Tue, 06 May 2008 12:21:40 CDT Tim Nelson I've spent a fair measure of my time recently painfully reliving my tween years: I've been covering the Legislature while it debates a statewide sex education mandate. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2008/05/its_the_condom_guy.shtml?rsssource=1 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2008/05/its_the_condom_guy.shtml Mon, 05 May 2008 11:24:37 CDT