Bob CollinsIt’s budget-cutting time in Minnesota’s school districts. It’s a time when authorities evaluate the extracurricular and other offerings of schools and decide what no longer interests kids.
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 fireworks bill: The freedom to do something stupid
The end of the Minnesota GOP, slow jamming Obama, educating girls, people doing good: still running, and rescuing a farm in Ulen.
Northern Lights in Fergus Falls
The future of Social Security, a son’s tribute to his child-protector mom, Music Man Murray, life and the human-powered airplane, and Tim Pawlenty season is underway.
Tales from the other side of the counter
We’re generally loathe to pass along any details of the latest Facebook app, but we’re making a NewsCut exception in this case.
A day in the life of people who think they can change the world
Crowdsourcing a day in the life, behind the cardboard arcade story, who are the new poor, throwing identity away in Alexandria, and smelt heaven in Duluth.
There’s no flood in Moorhead’s Riverview Circle neighborhood this year. But the scene is sadder than it was during the flood of 2009.