Bob Collins
What about the old parents, it’s evict-your-father-from-his-home day, what happens in Williston, prom season nonsense, and the people who don’t know there was a bombing in Boston.
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.
The tax on booze gets attention in a Capitol floor debate, the FAA says sequester delays aren’t as bad as it thought, the police officer killed by bomber suspects in Cambridge is buried, Wisconsin considers a hunting season on woodchucks, and a Pennsylvania woman-turned-man objects to being nominated for prom queen.
The Minnesota Twins today made up for all the nonsense they caused a couple of weeks ago when they tried to charge people to watch batting practice.
New images of the shootout, are you willing to give up the backyard campfire, the great I-35E debate, remembering Marv Bossert, and log-rolling at the U of M.
The departure of Maj. Freedman
Riding a hot streak with the cold stuff, the forgotten city in Texas, Teddy Kremer’s big night, nostalgic for prohibition, and what do voters want.
Cormorants and the culture that wants them dead