Bob Collins
Are we done with space exploration?
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.
Disaster relief supplies from Minnesota arrive in Haiti
The stories of the people invited to sit with the First Lady at the State of the Union speech are usually more interesting than the speech itself.
A checkmark on the ‘bucket list’
Now that the Vikings’ season is over, the should-they-get-a-new-stadium season is underway.
Usually the discussion about Super Bowl TV ads is reserved for the day after the Super Bowl. Not this year.
New Orleans Notebook: The end
This is what it looks like when you’re a loser in the NFC Championship Game. You’re the B-squad
If the fans of the New Orleans Saints ever come to Minnesota for an NFC championship game, people of Minnesota, you’ve got your work cut out for you.
Tailgate Tales: Favrepalooza
A Minnesota gift to New Orleans
Why Minnesota will never have the love affair with its NFL football team that New Orleans has with the Saints.
Unlike invading Vikings of old, Ted and Cindy Kopacek of Maple Grove, entered hostile territory with smiles on their face.