Bob CollinsAs long as there are 10-year-olds who can play a banjo, there’s hope for the species.
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 hurricane boom
If there were competition to be Minnesota’s most racist city, Duluth would likely be a heavy favorite.
At the heart of what’s happening at MSP, is a system being implemented — slowly — across the U.S.
The Highland Store was a more-than-100-year-old icon by the side of County Highway 10, a grocery store at one time, and a gathering spot for the small town east of Lanesboro proper.
Tomorrow I will attempt to be the first person (in my house) to fly an airplane he built himself across the country.
The Christmas TV ad blitz begins
Abbie Evans, the kid who couldn’t take another minute of the presidential campaign, is a Democrat.
In defense of mice
And now this message from winter
In search of the new normal, the land of racist tweets, the cult of the military personality, what the election meant, and the amazing shrinking Thanksgiving.
The splendor of the Lowry Avenue bridge
Here’s how the electoral map of Tuesday’s election would’ve looked if we were pre-1870 America.
1,000 words: The funeral