Bob Collins
Steve Russell excels at proving Minnesota from a few hundred feet up is a breathtaking as anyplace.
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.
Young men are under tremendous (self-imposed) pressure these days to propose to their girlfriends in ever-impressive ways.
Rising from the riots, Gavin goes clamming, the invisible artist, World War II reunion in Edina, and what if a comedian determined the next president.
Scott LeDoux, 1949-2011
Today in Oshkosh, a company test flew a jet it may offer as a kit to people who want to assemble it.
Social shaming
Is Iowa the Fairest?
Art or eyesore: The gum wall
Taking risks in uncertain times, gaming the economy, a family goes to war, censoring kids’ stories, the things you can’t do in summer, and going home again.
Lessons from the Apostle Islands
Household perfection: Don’t try this at home