Bob Collins
Why do we pound down the booze, why do Packers fans buy worthless stock, Pearl Harbor at 70, the healing arts, and the do-it-yourself airplane.
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.
Punch drunk on the ice, searching for our non-earthly sister, is a casino in Arden Hills’ future, why your paper shredder stinks, and can workers ever get ahead while cutting costs?
Remember when everyone was concerned about the Target employees who had to work overnight on Thanksgiving?
Occupy around the nation, the things we don’t have, dying to please in the NHL, why people crash, and NPR’s new boss.
What do the bigshots at The Current do when they get a day off? Today, they helped out at a Habitat for Humanity townhome project on Third Avenue NE in Minneapolis.
The power of the penny
A look at the Census bureau release of statistics of people who are foreign-born, now living in the United States.
What happens when we look away, the people who make us root for their success, voter fraud in Duluth, the shadow banking government, and when should you stop sitting on Santa’s lap?