Bob CollinsWith a new stadium the Vikings are worth a small fortune.
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.
Maybe it’s because we in Saint Paul were knee deep in the protests at the 2008 Republican National Convention in the city, but protests at the Democratic convention in Charlotte seem to be getting scant attention.
Is there really a difference, Lambeau Field by horse-drawn carriage, a look at the iPhone 5, how North Carolina stole and lost businesses, and some math and grammar lessons.
The Washington Nationals — a heretofore pathetic franchise if ever there was one — are about to give up their best shot at a championship, under the assumption that there’ll be more later.
The Democrats’ turn, the Madeline Island brouhaha, the day laborers, turning sweaty Oil Patch workers into a four-year degree, and the last days of a State Fair summer.
Why isn’t sexual assault reported, did Eastwood upstage Romney, raising the proposal bar, in defense of North Dakota, and the real meaning of ‘blue moon.’
Farewell to the Coke bottle
Sometimes we need a good reminder that it pays to set aside first impressions and preconceived notions.
If not halftime in America, then what?