Bob Collins
Will bright lights increase gambling, pick a motto for the U.S., Fargo as the bean-bag capital, the war at home, and Fergus Fallsywood.
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.
The fight over the University of North Dakota ‘Fighting Sioux’ nickname and logo has always been just a little bit different from most battles over Native American sports team logos and nicknames.
The Mourning Show
Would you rather be stranded on the ground in a plane for seven hours, or on a plane landing without landing gear?
Walking the talk on bullies, Dale’s tribute to Tom, asking for help, the work of Congress, and when science is cool.
A booster of the Upper Minnesota River Watershed, Moore has shown residents how to disagree and get things done.
The passing of Tom Keith
Is it work or luck, if you ruin it they won’t come, 7 billion and counting, the making of the Google doodle, and would you jump out of a plane?
I couldn’t let the week end on the sad story of the elephant and the dog, and, fortunately, CBS News bailed me out by providing some good news. On The Road, the series that Charles Kuralt started, is back.
It’s hard to fathom why there’s a bit of a backlash against Fox broadcaster Joe Buck’s call of the homerun that ended last night’s game six of the World Series.
As the governor names a Minneapolis politician to a top higher education job, there are still questions about the person being replaced.