Bob CollinsApparently, nobody in New Orleans is interested in talking about a big game coming up.
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.
If, as I wrote on Monday, the warmer-than-normal temperatures don’t allow the ice to thicken on Lake Superior between Bayfield and Madeline Island this year, this baby won’t be putting in an appearance. It’s the windsled that replaces ferry service in the area in the winter. It hasn’t been used since 2011.
From the minds of marketers, we’re not afraid of winter, when government works, guns for hockey, and coming out with cake.
The future of comments
Red Bull has just posted this up-close video of the track in last week’s Crashed Ice competition at the cathedral.
The Mille Lacs debate flares anew, the NPR game, remembering the astronaut, who’s responsible for LeRoy Hoard’s problems, and the ice boat capital in Minnesota.
The Madeline Island Ferry might have its first back-to-back winter without ice disrupting operations on Lake Superior.
It was 27 years ago today that the Challenger exploded. In some ways, it marked the beginning of the end of America’s human space exploration era in which it launched its own citizens into space.
Public Radio humor: The baby makers
The people with a heart, life lessons from a death on Superior, guns and the illusion of protection, immigration and the dairy farm, and the power of eggs.