Bob Collins
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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 problem with the Uganda viral video, update on the Marysville tornado ‘stuff’ story, hockey’s life lessons in St. Cloud, the nature of contemplation and introverts, and the photon torpedo that hit us overnight.
Given its ability to have its marketing appear as news, why does Apple have an advertising budget at all?
The source of space exploration passion: Legos
A tornado’s connections
Minnesota Vikings fans, who watched cheap shot after cheap shot in the NFC Championship game in 2010 might want to look away:
Is it a problem that the average age of a visitor to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is approaching twice that of the average age in the 1960s?
The discipline gap, was the Saints’ intentional injury system really so bad, a gun bill veto at night, the misery of the long-distance runner, and the science of ear worms.
The end of outdoor hockey?
Players and teams in the National Hockey League are sponsoring an effort to rid sports of homophobia.
Gas prices in Minnesota aren’t rising nearly as fast or predictably as the rest of the nation.