Bob CollinsOur optimism for the future is declining as the economy recovers more.
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 mystery rings
A little courtesy
Children and same-sex marriage, the shifting DFL on human services, guns and suicide, a picture of beer, and spring on Superior.
We give Timewaster Credit [tm] today to the usual buttoned-down people at the U.S. Census Bureau. They’ve put together the perfect afternoon timewaster during March Madness — a bracket form for city populations.
The little gizmo that could
Shakespeare as therapy
The failed gun-control efforts, Saint Paul’s shadow falls on Washington, the good life of the news consumer, all about the Constitution, and appreciating the value of an education.
As we near the date when some air traffic control towers will close, the claims of unsafe skies are coming more into focus. Most of it is guesswork.
This is — or was — a big anniversary in the history of political journalism. It was 100 years ago today that the first presidential news conference was held.