Bob Collins
A prom is just a dance, on Carl Platou, North Dakotans want property taxes, preventing Alzheimer’s, and getting things done in Granite Falls.
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.
People who were more likely to vote for Obama for re-election are OK with his statements last week, and those who were are less likely to vote for him aren’t happy.
The art of giving back
The squirrel opener
Whey do we stink at science, Oil Patch dispatches, Sedaris under scrutiny, Bye Bye Bernie, the Reddit people come through again.
In Reggie Deal’s family, when someone turns 40, they get to do something big. The Texas native’s wife toured the Amazon last year and although the Wyoming resident doesn’t turn 40 until next year, they decided if he’s ever going to reach his goal of visiting all 30 major league cities in 30 days, this was the year to do it.
There are many pictures, the composition of which we’ve seen so many times, one would expect it would lose its effective. This is the exception.
Thirty parks in 30 days, did the Senser trial botch the verdict, Gov. Walker’s divide-and-conquer plan, Minnesota’s mythical nursing shortage, and the NFL stadium road show moves west.
The people who bring wars home
Labor reparations for your mom
Death of a saboteur