Bob Collins
The Toyota fiasco has us wondering whether we’re prepared to deal with emergencies in our cars.
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.
Human trafficking in Haiti, embracing winter, who should be on money, the reading gap, and why a coin-flip isn’t a 50-50 proposition.
What would it be like if debate among American political leaders was more like that in Britain?
Remembering Flight 261
Plus: A Haiti humanitarian flight up close, should government be in your mouth, the largest moon of the year, and what’s the worst job you can imagine?
Who dat lawsuit?
Minnesota comes up short in high-speed rail program
Salt for the wound
Behind the murders in Minneapolis, State of the Union follow-up, the most famous person from Cherry Grove, Minnesota, and your moment of Zinn.