Bob Collins
For more than a decade, Arne Carlson has had nothing in common with the Republican Party. Today was no exception.
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.
Scotch Tape science
With 50 states, the U.S. has 50 different rules for how to vote on Election Day. Does this make sense?
Spraycan religion
One of the missions of a lunar probe launched by India today is to find out if there are minerals there that can be mined.
Is the Mississippi River icon dying because it’s a safety hazard, or because its owner tangled with a campaign contributor to a Minnesota congressman?
The YouTube ‘bombings’