Bob Collins
Knitting an Olympic-sized controversy, not everything of value has a price tag, Kenny Markiewicz’ wild ride, the dark side of the bus monitor story, and the faces behind the flag.
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 river retreats
Duluth’s ‘unfair’ campaign tackles white privilege
The ‘I’ ‘R’ and ‘S’ words
The Minnesota drought
Picking up in Duluth, the jobless recovery, the jobs we do, the Neiman-Lanpher snit remembered, and 21 images to restore your faith in humanity.
There are new rules and there are old rules and sometimes people have to leave the country because of old rules no longer in effect. An example comes today from the Minnesota Supreme Court, which has handed defeat to a man who wanted the right to withdraw a guilty plea, because he hadn’t been told it would mean he likely would be deported.
More video from Duluth
There should be another term for a migraine headache, because ‘migraine headache’ doesn’t come close to conveying the severity of one. Just ask anyone who’s called in sick with a migraine headache.
Twitter’s — and Dave’s — big day
In the big scheme, it’s a drop in the bucket
Do Minnesota’s weather woes come from Nebraska, hockey backtracks on its efforts to make the sport safer, the impact of the government worker, buying black, and the lights over Lapland.