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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

By Bob Collins

Bob Collins
bcollins@mpr.org • @newscut

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.

Banks preparing another run at fees

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 1, 2012, 10:26 AM Mar 1, 2012
5

Bank fees are like sports stadium efforts. You never really kill them, eventually the proposals come back until they’re accepted.

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Five by 8

Gas prices in the heart and head (5×8 – 3/1/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 1, 2012, 7:30 AM Mar 1, 2012
9

Is gas costing you as much as you think, is it cold in here or is that just Google, embracing winter, blowing the lid off the ‘Three Little Pigs,’ and the science of paralysis.

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Weather

Snow day fun in Duluth

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 29, 2012, 5:28 PM Feb 29, 2012

Snow skiing while being towed by a Jeep.

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Should Minnesota give citizens the ability to put measures on the ballot?

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 29, 2012, 3:27 PM Feb 29, 2012
12

A bill at the Legislature would bring initiative and referendum to Minnesota.

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Presenting polarizing points of view

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 29, 2012, 1:30 PM Feb 29, 2012
17

A speech on MPR by Grover Norquist elicits a critical response.

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KG v. KL

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 29, 2012, 12:48 PM Feb 29, 2012
2

If you want to start a good argument, experience tells me, a good topic would be: Who was more involved in the community while a member of the Minnesota Timberwolves — Kevin Garnett or Kevin Love?

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There’s less to Spirit Airlines in MSP than meets the eye

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 29, 2012, 10:04 AM Feb 29, 2012
7

The new airline has already lowered fares on other carriers, but will that be a long-term benefit?

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All’s quiet in the student section

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 29, 2012, 9:45 AM Feb 29, 2012

Warnings from University of Minnesota Duluth administrators to the student section at UMD hockey games appear to have worked.

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Five by 8

The nature of forgiveness (5×8 – 2/29/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 29, 2012, 7:02 AM Feb 29, 2012
10

A culture of forgiving, Legacy money for school art programs, a death in Easy Company, end of the door-to-door sale, and embracing winter again.

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Troops in the landfill

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 28, 2012, 2:47 PM Feb 28, 2012
1

An investigation into why the remains of some war dead was met mostly with a shrug today until someone determined that the unidentified remains of victims of the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon were sent there, too.

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Nothing screams ‘success’ like a burning wreck

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 28, 2012, 1:48 PM Feb 28, 2012
2

Is there anything better for your company than having your vehicle burn on national TV?

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How should parents be held accountable?

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 28, 2012, 12:17 PM Feb 28, 2012
3

Two vastly different items in the news in locations 800 miles apart have both led to the same question: Where does parental responsibility start and stop in matters of school life?

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All about Leap Day

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 28, 2012, 10:56 AM Feb 28, 2012
1

We haven’t had any cases of white death from an overblown storm yet, so let’s refocus our attention to something that actually is going to occur.

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Want to build a school?

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 28, 2012, 9:30 AM Feb 28, 2012
1

A proposal for state taxpayers to build a school in a southeast Minnesota community could spawn some of the most cantankerous debate we’ve seen in awhile.

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Five by 8

Why you react to gas prices the way you do (5×8 – 2/28/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 28, 2012, 7:25 AM Feb 28, 2012
6

Why the outrage, racism and rallies, the Amish up close, a pill to erase bad memories, and lessons from the slang of teenage girls.

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