Bob CollinsTaking North Korea seriously, lawmakers jump back into stadium issue, the long lines to buy guns in Connecticut, mapping the human brain, and the picture of Jesus in a public school.
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.
Kevin Ware on crutches
Does anybody need a kidney?
The Supreme Court today released its orders for the week without any decision on whether to hear the Wisconsin case, after an appeals court ruled that Elmbrook School District’s decision on where to hold its graduations violates the separation of church and state.
Baseball’s slipping grip on culture, commentary from the control tower, the woman who helped make today possible, beware of phony news, and flood fighting online.
A lot was made in these parts of changes in youth hockey rules in the wake the paralysis of a star high school player a year ago. But a new study out of Canada suggests rules designed to protect kids aren’t being enforced by officials.
Picturing marriage
The European Veterans Association championships are now over. The event gives slightly-older athletes an opportunity to participate in competition.
The job openings at the University of Minnesota have been updated. It presents a conundrum to any junior scientists who also know basketball.
The best prom story you’ll read this year
The great thing about the Internet is you can sometimes pretend that big scoop you got wrong never actually happened.