Bob Collins
This image from the Associated Press is one of the most compelling news images of the week so far.
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.
When is it time to give up, the days of Gary, what Ike wouldn’t like, I can see your life from here, and 10 Minnesota bloggers you should be reading.
There are only 8 broadcasts of MPR’s Midday left before Broadcasting Hall of Fame host Gary Eichten retires.
The Red Bull event in the city this weekend should be a great time as long as you don’t plan on recording the event
The Obama campaign is buying up the real estate on the front pages of newspapers in primary states.
The pain index bottoms out, Best Buy from the inside, apples to Apple, the candidates who keep politics ‘interesting,’ and the cupcake incident upon further review.
The politics of food stamps
The nature of humanity, the curse of the branded building, the 60 Minutes stem cell fraud story, falling through thin ice, and when the bungee cord breaks.
There’s more evidence today that America during the Cold War wasn’t really the flag we saluted and the home of the free.