Bob Collins
Several news stories today reflect how cellphones are changing the way we live.
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.
A foul ball is heading your way at a baseball game. You’re holding your kid. What do you do?
Do you think you’ll be able to retire, North Dakota: The Nigeria of the north, a hole in the ground in Babbitt, monument to an earthquake, and the call of the harvest.
A high-tech pushback is underway against the New York City police officer who pepper sprayed a group of people who were protesting in the city’s financial district over the weekend
Dead Sea scrolls online
The Marvin way in Warroad, why do people live in northern Minnesota, the pepper spray attack, power without status, and Vikings fans say they’ve had enough but they’re probably haven’t.
If you’re stopped for texting while driving, it’s too easy to claim you were using your phone for something else.
Scientists at Berkeley may not only be able to read your mind, they may be able to see what’s in it, too.
Falling satellite could still provide a show over Midwest
It had to happen sooner or later. CSI, the TV show about forensics and crime, has become the center of a court case in Massachusetts.
Swiftly goes the year
Maybe Einstein’s theory of special relativity isn’t wrong. Maybe it’s absolutely correct in three dimensions, but this discovery tells us what’s happening in another dimension.
A tribute to Eleanor Mondale, the homeless horseman, high school heroes, the marketing meat wagon, and the end of capitalism.
The science community is abuzz today with news from a group of European researchers that neutrinos — sub-atomic particles — travel faster than light.