Bob Collins
Is it ever too early for Minnesota school children to learn just how hard it is to get something through the Minnesota Legislature?
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.
Synthetic marijuana, though legal, attracts an interesting following that mirrors the illegal stuff.
Racial baby steps, who was Roy Wilkins, same-sex firsts in Fargo, for the love of winter, and cold people and warm hearts.
Judge orders man to take his wife on a date
The rescue of a dog in icy water was a nice story until it bit the face of a TV anchor today.
After your relative has killed two little boys, apparently because one of them drew a picture of daddy driving and mommy (whom is missing and presumed dead) in the trunk, and set fire to the house to which they were lured, it’s probably not the best time to issue an indictment of the Internet and the legal system.
In search of a voting crime, supporting our signs in Little Falls, Boomtown Girls in Williston, how many computer monitors are on your desk, and why athletes speak in cliches.
Do you know where your AED is?