Bob CollinsLongtime Minneapolis singer Christine Rosholt died unexpectedly this week, just a week before her 47th birthday.
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.
It’s no surprise at all that Leif Enger has coined the perfect name for the winter we’re having:
We interrupt this not-really-any-season in Minnesota for a flashback to when nature had a clue.
Vanishing icons
Tidying up the language, the winter that wasn’t, faceless, breastfeeding backlash, and last call for a polar bear.
Trio hopes squirrels will lead to Super Bowl
Is it safer to walk drunk than drive drunk, dispatches from the season of peace, the look of wasteful spending, the department of ‘what did he say?’, and the death of Cheetah.
Dumping the tree, the pride of Longville, the brawl at the mall, the death of representative government, and everything you’ve heard about Ricky Rubio is true.