Bob CollinsAn autistic man, missing in the Wisconsin woods for nearly a week, has been found alive.
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.
For entertainment value alone, few political ads recently can rival theTV spots against the Employee Free Choice Act.
There’s an occasional obvious silliness to the regulation requiring businesses to post “no guns allowed” signs.
The News Cut crop report
Live-blogging McCain: The forum
Blogging McCain – The questions from the uninvited
Blogging McCain: The crowd
The father of a dead soldier, objects to a Duluth TV station’s portrayal of his son as having post-traumatic stress disorder.
We’re “on the air” from the University of St. Thomas, where the Minnesota News Council is holding two hearings today with complaints from the public against a couple of media organizations.