Bob Collins
Who’s pulling the Hausers’ strings, stopping the march of baseball advances, tales from the cemetery, what hath CSI wrought, and why are vitamin sales and the economy linked?
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.
My paternal grandparents, Dorothy (nee Anderson, 1Lt) and Quentin Eric Lundquist (Tsgt) both served during WWII, and were married before returning to the U.S. My grandfather was an orderly and my grandmother was a nurse. There was one story in particular where a patient had shimmied up a drainpipe and my grandfather had gone up Read more →
Perfectly Minnesota: The falls
Perfect spots for perfect Minnesota days. Share yours. These were taken Sunday at the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. It’s like walking in a screensaver.
The story behind a picture I’ve carried in my wallet for 18 years has finally been revealed.
PTSD is a terrible, awful mental illness which this vet hid successfully for many years.
Memorial Day: Glenn Knoblauch
Will any of the analysts talk about the substance of Barack Obama’s and Dick Cheney’s Thursday speeches?
Leaving a religion and a life behind, the national debt road trip, the social media bible, the best places to work for public service, Mark Madsen’s Pelosi-CIA analysis.