Bob CollinsA new survey says one of three PDA uses would choose their BlackBerry over their spouse.
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.
Sarah Palin is holding a rally Friday at a general aviation airport. She differs with Sen. John McCain on the #1 issue in general aviation.
A delegate to the Republican National Convention is robbed in Minneapolis, and gets skewered for his hawkish views.
The ‘we matter’ index updated
Gasoline priced spiked because a hurricane forced refineries to shut down. Do we need more refineries?
There’s nothing pretty about the U.S. financial industry at the moment. How much uglier can it get?
I’ve been a disgruntled music fan ever since Mercedes Benz used Janis Joplin’s Mercedes Benz in an advertisement. It was just…. wrong. Today on Midmorning (starting at 10 a.m.), Kerri Miller and the Current’s Steve Seel, along with Eric Danton of the Hartford Courant, are going to talk about the music of politics. Barack Obama Read more →
After Ike
In a world full of perfect particles, some of us would freely admit we don’t know what the scientists are talking about.