Bob Collins
Rural doctors and better people, Romney’s tough day, when business in Saint Paul ain’t Grand, weather from rodents, and math fun with candy.
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.
Andy Cook’s biggest save
Politics in pink, the mystery of the Postcard Underground, ugly science in Minnesota, the medallion search ends, and it was nine years ago today.
Making license plates memorable
Comedian Stephen Colbert’s intended abuse of the campaign finance system to show its absurd flaws is, perhaps, one of the most brilliant pieces of journalism on the subject, partly because it could only be properly exposed via comedy.
A full page ad in today’s New York Times makes us wonder today whether it’s time for the advertising industry to figure out new ways to promote savings accounts in banks.
After a flag was burned in Oakland, people in San Francisco jump off the Occupy movement.
Racism in Duluth, the return of Select A Candidate, melted memories, the X — and L and V — factor, and Minneapolis: The whole grain city.
With temperatures pushing the 40s, it was the smart ice sculpture fan who spent lunch hour in Saint Paul’s Rice Park for the viewing of the Winter Carnival snow sculpture contest.
Where winter went