Bob CollinsCBS has now posted its video from its strange interview this morning with Herman Cain, the presidential candidate with the suspended campaign.
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.
Something’s missing this afternoon from the front page of the Des Moines Register’s website.
Iowa up close, holiday winners and losers, the rich Minnesotan you’ve never heard of, crossing the Constitution, and tone it down, Timberwolves!
The art of changing your mind, the polar plunge, Fargo-Moorhead’s person-of-the-year choice, how Bret Favre is still killing the Vikings, and should a leg keep a pilot from pursuing a dream?
Next?
Michael Colalillo, 86, a Hibbing native, was the last living World War II veteran from Minnesota to receive the Medal of Honor. He died today.
This is the time of the year when the newspaper carrier tries to tell you to give him/her a tip without actually asking for a tip.
A hero’s last day
One of these days, I will set up a NewsCut category, ‘Public Radio references in popular culture.’
The brilliance among us, the issues of Iowa, staying home with the kids, the church of the gay nativity, the oil patch isn’t for everyone, and Minneapolis by air.