Bob Collins
Are the arts revealing our insensitivities, aging Orin’s way, when the Legislature’s cuts hit Main Street, ‘Linsanity’ and the Asian American stereotype, and should photos of a man who killed himself be published?
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.
Mr. Happy Man
Maybe someday, a police department will logically explain why it has such a problem with people lawfully filming them.
The bear’s best friends
Smart people are mustering up what outrage they’ve got left in the wake of a trending topic on Twitter.
When politics wakes us up to a problem, a same-sex divorce, a letter from the Oil Patch, the telegram that defines us, and the things that matter.
And Groucho Marx, tornadoes, and more were all in the news this week. Test your attention span!
Videos from here to there
The freedom to kill someone else’s kid, sand mining up close, the photos of the year, why don’t players care as much as fans do, and days on the ice of Minnesota lakes.