Bob Collins
Would you wait for a correct story; the nature of forgiveness revisited; the young sick, the old sick, and the healthy; one girl, two hockey teams; and the appealing comfort of the end of the world.
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.
Death of a vet
University of Chicago officials finally know who sent them a package of Indiana Jones artifacts.
When journalists keep a secret
I’m generally not a huge fan of Gangnam Style parody videos but this latest one seems to confirm that sometime, somehow, rocket scientists became the cool kids.
The power of silence, 26 moments that restored faith in humanity, the Sunday school Christmas, where did the farmers go, and Rubio or Peterson?
‘The Mindless Menace of Violence’
A Penny’s thoughts, Duluth’s ‘horrible’ film project, Marilyn goes to Hollywood, and the Indiana Jones mystery.
With the oil business comes the occasional violation of the environment. North Dakota has found that yesterday (if it didn’t already know) when an active oil well east of New Town blew out and spewed oil near Lake Sakakawea.