Bob CollinsA serious warning to snowblower owners to take precautions against the theft of their prized possession probably shouldn’t make us snicker. But, truth be told, it does.
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.
How much alcohol would a .708 BAC equal?
The future isn’t what you think; when life hands you lemons, make a documentary, life in a yurt, caviar for the homeless, and an update on ‘Sully.’
Goodbye, Northwest
An asteroid is more likely to hit earth before you’re involved in a terrorist incident on a plane.
The four phases of terrorism
The same problems of 9/11 surface on 12/25, what’s right with us, Carl Kassell’s last day, when gay marriage goes bad, and 10 tricks for New Year’s Eve.
This week we’ll find out more about high-speed rail service to Chicago. But what about the slow-speed service we’ve got now?
The mystery of the vanishing seals
The Obama administration is considering the future of the U.S. space program, a difficult concept for many politicians to grasp because there’s little chance of an immediate payoff. Take the New Horizons Pluto probe, which was launched on January 19, 2006. That was nine months before then Sen. Barack Obama announced his intentions to run Read more →