Fresh Eye on the Radio: Skin in the game

Most people don’t have any personal stake in the war in Afghanistan unless they’ve got a loved one in the military. As President Obama announces an escalation of the war, might Americans have a different reaction if there were a tax to pay for it, or a draft to provide the people to fight it?

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Bob Collins

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Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.

Fresh Eye on the Radio: Skin in the game

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About the blogger

Bob Collins