The picture of empty grocery shelves as people stock up for food as a snowstorm hits the East Coast renews a discussion on an old question in this country, where we live pretty comfortable lives.
How long would we last if there were actually real disruption and chaos?
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.
Bob Collins