Bob CollinsThis week is the one-year anniversary of the devastating tornado in north Minneapolis and it’s pretty clear there remains — in some quarters — a “serves ’em right” mentality that we likely wouldn’t see if the tornado had hit, say, south Minneapolis.
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.
We often don’t get to determine how our final exit from our careers will go, so it was lump-in-the-throat time at Wrigley Field today when Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood announced his retirement, before making his final appearance in a game.
Curt Schilling is trying to keep his video game company afloat and wants more money from the state that’s already given him millions.
Feeling music
The beauty in a brewing disaster, a story of struggles, the Facebook IPO, bike-to-work day, and your moment of Minnesota zen.
Health professionals have learned a lot about treating people with mental illness since the last mental health facility was built in the Twin Cities. Plenty of light, the feeling of being in control, open spaces are part of that. They’re patients; not prisoners.
If your flight’s departure is ever delayed for 20 minutes, there are worse things in the world than having a group of musicians on their way to the Romanian Art Festival in Bucharest.
Facing change, the retiring teachers, a letter to the high school graduates, what rural Minnesota offers, and the money woes of NPR.
Google Earth has released new imagery from above and it clearly shows the path of last year’s tornado through north Minneapolis.
A study says sleepwalking is more prevalent than previously thought. But who are we when we’re asleep?