Bob Collins
The end of retirement, the old man and the mountain, the death of Blondie, one coupon at a time, and the Minnesota Orchestra plays the music of freedom.
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.
When winter wins
Every organization has a CEO who gets most of the publicity, but if you want to meet the real ‘face’ of any company, stop at the front desk. That’s where the institution actually lives.
Since the Patriots aren’t in the Super Bowl, there’s only one reason left to watch it — the commercials. And now there’s not even much of a reason anymore to tune in for those.
Daniel Pearl, the reporter, uttered these words 11 years ago today, just before he was beheaded by the terrorists who kidnapped him.
YouTube vs. the thieves of Brainerd, the coupon clipper’s big haul, Alec Soth’s Oil Patch, when failure was an option, and it gets worse in San Francisco.
Return of the bird ballet
1,000 words: The cellist
The end of the Andrews Sisters, the cold hard facts of being cold in Minnesota, goodbye to Saint Paul’s ‘popover palace,’ another stab at ‘stand your ground’ laws, and why do we think we’re different?
The annual Saint Paul Winter Carnival Medallion Hunt is over. The medallion, a Saint Paul Pioneer Press promotion, comes with something extra this year: commentary on the state of the health care system.