Bob Collins
Kristian Gaasland wants to be the important guy between your toilet and your tap.
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.
On Campus: The forester
News Cut on Campus: Vermilion Community College
Inaugural Diary: Quote contestStan Kusunoki of Shakopee was moved to poetry today. Ripples The sun rises This is nothing new The top spinning marbled blue Brings the light into view As is has for eons and eons The day begins But today a new sensation As the sun crosses the dateline A ripple not quite a melody Rings Read more →
Inauguration Diaries: Fashion
Inauguration Diary: Ruth Vernette Harper
We look back at the inaugural speeches of the three most-recent presidents. What do you want to hear during Tuesday’s.
The broadcasts of the giant Sunday concert in Washington excluded the gay Episcopal bishop who was added to offset the controversy of a conservative pastor who’ll give the invocation at the inauguration.
There’s no end to some of the fascinating insight that comes from Thursday’s ditching of the US Airways plane in the Hudson River.
Hockey Day