Bob CollinsYou’ve got to give Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak a little credit for resorting to prose to try to explain the rules.
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 Mississippi tornado up close
We see nothing, the search for Sgt. Baker, the right to privacy and the taxpayer’s dime, in the name of property values, and tales from prom season.
Blizzard envy
Ode to ice
Making the punishment fit the crime, where trivia matters, there’s something about a horse, making water with snow angels, and for the love of love.
An Eagle River, Wisconsin woman, who was a Green Bay Packers cheerleader, is fighting back against the online insults she received when a picture of her was posted to the Chicago Bears fan page, describing her as ‘ugly.’
Timewasters: Eagle cam
The risk and the reward, Minnesota’s same-sex marriage debate, the false memories we hold dear, a hero loses his medal in Duluth, and why do people link weather and climate change?
What’s up, moose?