Bob Collins
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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.
Picture of the day: The bridge
Return to the river
The field of broken dreams
La Tomatina, the annual festival in Bunol, Spain, is a photographer’s dream, and apparently a place for lovers, too.
The bullying antidote, the chance to watch someone fall to their death, the political conventions side by side, the floating bridge of Hastings, and the finest example of the American worker.
There is nothing more inspiring, nothing so pride-filling, as watching people who longed to come to America becoming Americans.
The new political ad from Mitt Romney against Barack Obama will probably appeal to voters with short memories and a lack of context — the bread-and-butter of politicians these days.
Welcome back, football
I get five yellow bananas in a row, but other than that, it’s just a guy pushing buttons, some beeps and an indication whether you won or lost.
Why one man lived, are pesticides good or bad, the Pillager Mud Run, and when you can give up or keep going.
The people of Bus 52 travel the country, stopping in each state to tell stories of people doing good.
A new video documents the former Mr. Minnesota Basketball’s draft night and his anxiety disorder.