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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

By Bob Collins

Bob Collins
bcollins@mpr.org • @newscut

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.

The nature of forgiveness

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 16, 2009, 2:40 PM Mar 16, 2009
13

Two stories raise the question of when, if, and how people should be forgiven.

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Shining a light on Capitol access

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 16, 2009, 1:02 PM Mar 16, 2009
3

Journalists still argue that some of them should have more access at the Capitol than others.

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An outdoors fight brews

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 16, 2009, 12:06 PM Mar 16, 2009
4

Should the Legislature alter the Lessard Outdoors Heritage Council’s recommendations for spending sales tax money?

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You’re 22? It’s all downhill from here, kid

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 16, 2009, 11:09 AM Mar 16, 2009
3

A new study says the brain starts to decline at 27.

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Pawlenty on CNBC

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 16, 2009, 9:29 AM Mar 16, 2009
3

Keeping track of the locals on the national stage.

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Five at 8 – 3/16/09

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 16, 2009, 8:00 AM Mar 16, 2009

Five links that still won’t help you forget it’s Monday.

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Local banker to Citi’s board

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 16, 2009, 7:53 AM Mar 16, 2009

The former head of US Bank is named to the board of Citi.

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Best Buy’s future

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 16, 2009, 7:01 AM Mar 16, 2009
3

Can Minnesota-based Best Buy take on WalMart? Can it survive a head-to-head match with the giant retailer that sees electronics as a staple in its future?

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One big step for a Minnesotan

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 15, 2009, 7:54 PM Mar 15, 2009

The space shuttle, which launched Sunday night, is under the control of a Minnesota lad.

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Do you really want more positive financial news?

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 15, 2009, 7:31 PM Mar 15, 2009
10

Is the media convinced they don’t?

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The ‘earmarks factory’

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 15, 2009, 10:44 AM Mar 15, 2009
2

A rising controversy in Washington over a lobbying firm which specializes in securing earmarks for its clients is ensnaring every member of the Minnesota congressional delegation.

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RNC trial renewed

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 15, 2009, 1:39 AM Mar 15, 2009
1

It’s been five months since the violence of the Republican National Convention in St. Paul. This week another trial begins, and other investigations continue..

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Datagate redux

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 14, 2009, 9:14 PM Mar 14, 2009
13

More questions than answers in the release of private data from a Norm Coleman fundraising site.

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Why are we good?

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 14, 2009, 9:34 AM Mar 14, 2009
3

To what extent are graduating seniors heading off in this direction out of a sense of altruism, and to what extent are they heading in that direction because that’s where the jobs are?

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The Quiz: Franken-Coleman edition

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 13, 2009, 7:29 PM Mar 13, 2009
7

You think you’ve been following the Coleman-Franken trial closely? Let’s find out.

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