Bob CollinsIf you are physically disabled and rely on a motorized scooter to get around, can you be charged with drunk driving? Not in Minnesota.
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.
Paddling from Minnesota to Hudson Bay, the blogosphere’s black eye, the restaurant guide kerfuffle, the snitch under the hood, and the electric car charging problem.
Playing chicken, what happened to the love for north Minneapolis, the eye never blinks, when to let the big fish go, and how to build the space station light.
Some creative programmers develop a Web site to match you with a dog looking for a home.
Clara Luper stood up by sitting down
If you speak the language, this may interest you: A transition from La Niña to ENSO-neutral conditions occurred during May 2011 as indicated by generally small sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies across the equatorial Pacific Ocean east of the Date Line (Fig. 1). The latest weekly Niño index values (Fig. 2) showed near-average SSTs in Read more →
Biking to work, how deep are attitude changes on same-sex marriage, Delta flies backwards, history is so yesterday, and drive-thru magic.
The great Lionel Richie mystery
This isn’t the first time the Eastcliff mansion has raised questions about spending priorities.
The parodies of the Minnesota kid giving an inspirational speech on learning to ride a bike keep coming.
Cash and the Minnesota legislator, would you rather be too hot or too cold, the problem with men, the cure for what ails classical music, and the nature of forgiveness in north Minneapolis.
The flash mobs of Chicago