Bob Collins
If the oddsmakers are right, Bob Dylan is about to be a Nobel Prize winner in literature.
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 man with the smoking gun, Cuddyer’s workplace, searching for normal, walk to school day, understanding the economic crisis.
Here are some of the favorites we’ve spotted from the Occupy Wall Street protest in the last two days.
If there’s one thing Hank Williams Jr., did last night that’s far more damaging than comparing a sitting president to Hitler, it’s comparing Hitler to anybody, thus diminishing the shock value of the word, ‘Hitler.’
It is alternately a depressing and exciting day for people who need to own the latest gadget. The new iPhone 5 is being unveiled.
Should restaurants deduct credit card fees from server tips, the story behind ‘Occupy Wall Street,’ kids learn how to play in Duluth, cities in the gun business, and the real lesson from a Nobel Prize winner.
Why JC Penney needed Target’s marketing boss
This is a new experience for the justice system here, but there are several instances of this dilemma facing judges in Europe.
Elderly couple losing home, Bernard Berrian tweets like he plays football, the end of Jazzman, chance-taking 101, and the wonderful world of excited electrons.
‘Does this mean we join the league of ordinary nations?’
Today’s ain’t-technology-wonderful moment