Bob Collins
Another NPR voice calls it quits.
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.
Covering Greece
The corpse springs to life
Tales from the tick-tock state, my space at the July 4th parade, Star Tribune negotiations, ode to the butter cow lady, and the drinking-and-running challenge.
Tom Petty is reportedly upset that Rep. Michele Bachmann played his song, ‘American Girl,’ at the conclusion of her announcement that she wants to be president of the United States.
A performer for Cirque Cirque du Soleil threw out the first pitch at a San Diego Padres game.
There’s another countdown going on in Minnesota besides the one for the state shutdown. Bill Kling’s last day as the only president Minnesota Public Radio ever had expires at the same moment the state descends into planned chaos. Pure coincidence, perhaps.
There was a close call aboard the International Space Station today when a piece of space junk came within 800 feet of the ISS. The astronauts were told to scramble into the Soyuz capsule and prepare to return to earth if the junk hit and crippled the space station.
Reporter apologizes for smoking
You’ve probably heard that we’re going to have a state shutdown, the economy stinks, little kids are turning their drunk mothers in, and the rivers are flooding homes all over the Upper Midwest. Uplifting stuff.
The serial killer’s spirit?