Bob Collins
Mixing opera and politics, more scenes from the gene pool, the curse of the Halloween costume, the hero’s bill, and the lost voice.
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.
Scenes from the gene pool
It’s a good time to be a farmer in Minnesota, as long as you’ve got a cousin to help, and don’t mind working weekends.
Never leave home without your landmines
Frac sand mining is to silica-sand rich Goodhue, Wabasha, and Winona counties, as a certain football stadium is to Ramsey County.
A man without a percent
The graying of the president
Public Radio fans may remember him from a series of radio programs he developed in the ’90s, but his iconic status on the media landscape goes back to the Golden Age of Radio.
Passion changes the world around us, a public TV spat, voyage to the bottom of the pickup truck, intentionally fat, and your moment of Minnesota.
A survivor’s story