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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

This or That

Theft of the Blog · You should meet ... Bob Collins

Storytime with Bob: A treat outside of the blog

Matt Mikus May 31, 2019, 3:00 PM May 31, 2019
3

Being a member of the MPR News staff for a little over a year, and located outside of the St. Paul office, I’ve only had the privilege to observe the NewsCut magic as many readers have, with interactions through emails and reading Bob Collins’ words. But the one time I got to meet Bob in Read more →

This or That

Tell your story

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 30, 2019, 7:01 AM May 30, 2019
107

The voice in my head, the feeling in my stomach, conspire to tell me the answer: nothing. Apparently, this is the day when I can’t fool anyone anymore. I knew it would come sooner or later. Read more →

This or That

A planet of pigs

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 28, 2019, 12:55 PM May 28, 2019
27

There’s no getting around it: As a species, we’re pigs. Read more →

This or That

Ad: When a man taught his son how to shave

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 28, 2019, 7:15 AM May 28, 2019
3

Be nice to a snowflake today. Gillette is out with another ad that attempts to redefine masculinity Read more →

Sports · This or That

Milwaukee playoff game turns into battle of beer-drinking bros

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 24, 2019, 12:40 PM May 24, 2019
17

Last night’s playoff game in Milwaukee — the Bucks lost to Toronto — provided the quintessential Wisconsin moment: the city’s alpha male sports stars chugging beer. Read more →

This or That

Five years after plane crash, a family retraces their son’s steps in Minnesota

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 23, 2019, 11:19 AM May 23, 2019
1

It was five years ago when Alexander Voigt’s adventure to Minnesota as a German exchange student ended when the plane in which he was a passenger crashed into a house in Sauk Rapids. Last week, his family made another pilgrimage to the state, to try to retrace the last month of Alexander’s life. Read more →

This or That

After 70 years, S.D. strips man of his catfish record

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 21, 2019, 10:53 AM May 21, 2019
5

The family thinks the record was removed for marketing purposes. Read more →

This or That

An editor pens a worthy tribute to her colleague

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 21, 2019, 7:01 AM May 21, 2019
6

It takes a lot of nameless people to make a newspaper — or any other news medium — go. Read more →

This or That

Hubbard County is coming for your hunting cabin

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 20, 2019, 9:37 AM May 20, 2019
5

Hubbard County is zeroing in on the unusual arrangement in which hunting cabin leases on tax-forfeited land have been handed down from generation to generation in exchange for a $300 a year lease fee and a property tax payment. It’s a sweet deal for a few people and the county board is beginning to wonder if it’s fair. Read more →

This or That

Life in pieces

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 20, 2019, 7:03 AM May 20, 2019
16

I wanted to tell her she could do better than this, that she clearly deserves better than this. That she’s bright and funny and there are people out there who are bright and funny and somehow life has a way of bringing them together.

‘Highway 7 is just a half mile up the road,’ I said to her as I pointed north.
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This or That

Mother buries baby alive; dog rescues it

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 17, 2019, 12:30 PM May 17, 2019
9

‘Ping Pong’ is the answer to the question humankind can’t stop asking: Who’s a good dog? Read more →

This or That

Mass shootings more about men than mental health; male editors don’t buy it

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 16, 2019, 2:16 PM May 16, 2019
33

If you say the word ‘bias’ as applied to journalism, most people will automatically frame it in politics. But a journalist’s piece on Medium this week reveals a bipartisan reality: gender bias.
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This or That

Rochester Post Bulletin sold

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 16, 2019, 11:08 AM May 16, 2019
4

The future of southeast Minnesota’s largest media operation has seemed obvious for the last few years: the Rochester Post Bulletin was likely to be a casualty of the newspaper depression. Read more →

This or That

In ignoring school bus law, drivers take aim at kids

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 16, 2019, 10:25 AM May 16, 2019
13

You may never see a more frightening video than the one the Minnesota State Patrol has released on its social media platforms, showing the near tragedy in the Zumbrota-Mazeppa school district when a fourth grader was trying to get on to a bus. Read more →

This or That

How the Navy drew a penis in the sky

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 14, 2019, 10:21 AM May 14, 2019
25

The Navy investigation, obtained by the Navy Times, reveals the jet crew didn’t think the contrails would last long enough for anyone on the ground in western Washington to notice. Read more →

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