Bob CollinsDoes talking on a cellphone really slow your commute?
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
By Bob Collins
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.
They have mothers, brothers, sisters and sons back home, but Minnesota’s Kenyans are most worried about the health of democracy.
If only she’d stopped
On the ground in Kenya
A story about Tuesday’s outdoors hockey game tells us everything that’s wrong with the sport.
The trashman
Target got pushed around over the holiday season by its long-time rival, whose lunch the Minneapolis-based retailer has been eating for several years.
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