Bob Collins
People’s journeys to the here-and-now often aren’t what you think they are.
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.
In the Northfield area, there’s a crime spree underway that could be stopped in a second if drivers would simply do one thing — remove valuables from the car.
Graduation generalizations, who would pull a woman from a burning car, eliminating property taxes, waiting on the Supreme Court, and remembering the Minnesota weekend.
A student is ordered to perform community service after his family cheered too loudly at his high school graduation.
When public radio icons retire, stations have to decide whether it’s worth the risk to try something new.
When freedoms collide, steal someone’s bike at work day, no money for nothing in West Fargo, the Twins pass on taking a risk, and nature or nurture.
When protest groups engage in political theater, it’s hard to tell when it’s over and when reality returns.
Undeterred by history, I am now predicting that Jose Orlando Berrios — the #32 pick of the Minnesota Twins in this week’s baseball draft — will be a fan favorite, based on a single fact.
A group of scientists is warning earth is nearing a tipping point where climate change is concerned.
A desert consumes farmland, conservative moments, pilot v. flight attendants, why buying local isn’t always the best idea, and the shin-kicking olympics.
What we learned from Venus, guitar theft ends on happy note, some landowners cash in, talking good in the Midwest, and a dream deferred no longer.