Bob CollinsWhat editorial boards are saying about the Minnesota state government shutdown.
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 most surprising aspect of Chris Lapakko’s one-man protest on the lawn of the state Capitol is that it’s a one-man protest.
The story is fast becoming the teams that haven’t joined the campaign as much as it is the teams that have.
A new state symbol?
It’s not the heat…
How did we get here, the opportunity gap, winter vs. summer, the amazing healing power of a bicycle, and a poet loses his words.
Something great happens to the straight-laced world of MPR News when you give a reporter a camera and tell them it’s OK to be funny and irreverent.
Seven scenes about Minnesota government, the stadium deal, a special place for the jerks who prey on us, Blyleven trivia, and Gollub sings.
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