Bob CollinsThe obit does what a good obit should do: Make you wish you knew the person. But judging from this one, you probably do.
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.
Golfer falls into sinkhole
Chris Hadfield, a flight engineer on the International Space Station at the moment, continues to prove he is — as I described last month — ‘the coolest astronaut in history.’
What would sports be like without fantasy games, hands off the chili, you picked a bad week to be an animal on the planet, is having a child a rational decision, and wiping out the word ‘negro.’
Non-New Yorkers probably want to know if this decision carries any legal weight with other cities and states interesting in regulating soft drinks to reduce what many consider to be a epidemic of obesity.
It doesn’t.
Embracing winter: The Beargrease
Where you think bottled spring water comes from may not be close to where it really comes from.
Minnesota to Key West, why do people keep building in flood zones, more money for Minnesota elected officials, the people who dump their trash wherever they want, and how letters from strangers saved a kid’s life.
Who roots for the sea?
The value of public humiliation