Bob Collins
An Inver Grove Heights woman captures video of the kids who stole her son’s bike.
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.
At a time when 99 percent and 1 percent are feuding, this might not be the best time to make a big splash out of extravagant and wasteful wealth.
You are editor: The pictureOne can get a pretty good feel for the political will to build a football stadium for Zygi Wilf and his Minnesota Vikings by noting the opinions of some of the not-connected-to-the-Vikings-nor-politicians people who a reasonable person might expect would support the notion. Rick Prescott, writer of the BallPark Magic blog, for example, makes clear Read more →
NPR and the sound of whiteness, the love for Rachel, a letter from Goldman Sachs, the breathtaking world of the iPhone camera, and can women in TV news grow old?
The Supreme Court will decide whether people who falsely claim military medals should go to jail.
Wall Street is one tough taskmaster. It is being characterized as “disappointed” in the earnings reported today by Wells Fargo bank and, as a result, the Dow industrials are dropping. What did Wells Fargo do to warrant such scorn? It reported a $4.1 billion profit in the third quarter, a 21-percent increase over a year Read more →
The Sollidago Riders, an ‘occupied’ wedding, fear and hate in downtown Minneapolis, the things that aren’t forever, and it’s never too late.
A Thousand Words: iJoy
The Supreme Court could decide once and for all whether a cross by the side of a public highway is a government endorsement of religion.
Lost in all the coverage of Occupy Wall Street, is a protest that has been quietly going on over the last two weeks in Asheville, NC.