Bob Collins
Smaller government and the safety of your food, outsourcing lawyers, the end of the Red River flood, the story behind the kissing couple, it’s athletic savior day, and are Minneapolis’ new parking meters too slow?
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.
I’m just going to go ahead and assume these are Boston Bruins fans in the midst of the carnage in Vancouver last night.
City Pages reports that the Minnesota Twins have given a good talking to to a security guard who scolded a lesbian couple for a brief kiss before one headed off to the bathroom.
The even sadder end of the Liberty Belle, how much does gasoline really cost, Vancouver’s bad night, the gopher count, and the Whole Foods parking lot.
Should Lake Calhoun be renamed, TV as the new death star, boring politics, Pianos on Parade, and what joke would you tell the Dalai Lama?
Seven ways to disrespect the American flag
Minnesota was not particularly well represented in the annual awards from the Radio Television News Directors Association.
Lessons from a dot in the sky, Conan’s commencement speech, the caterpillar assault, a night for geezers in Duluth, and the nature of adventure.
Fiddlin’ Foresters take the fall
There are so many questions surrounding the accident involving the installation of a hot tub/pool in Shoreview over the weekend; like, ‘how big a hot tub does a person need?’
Almost 15 million people are officially unemployed in the U.S., but the person in charge of placing the day-after-big-sporting-event ads for Macy’s still has a job.
The sad end of the Liberty Belle