Bob Collins
It was sleeting this morning when the elite female runners headed out from Hopkinton enroute to Boston for this year’s Boston Marathon, proving again that marathoners aren’t like normal people. Read more →
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.
A South Dakota Highway Patrol trooper stopped his car on a snow-swept highway to do 39 push-ups. One for each law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty so far this year. Read more →
It’s a shame, of course, that the Forest Lake prom on Saturday fell victim to the blizzard, first at Landmark Center and then at the school. It happens and, for the most part, the kids seemed to roll with the weather punches.
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It’s hard not to think that Sun Country’s latest problems are a sign that the once hometown airline is descending into the abyss of no-frills airlines, which is notable only because Sun Country was once known for customer service.
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Here are the topics and guests you’ll hear today on MPR News. Read more →
I’ll start. Is it that you don’t know how to turn your car’s lights on, Minnesota?
Here are the topics and guests you’ll hear today on MPR News. Read more →
I don’t know if I’ve ever read a story that has so haunted me like today’s Star Tribune story of Jon Markle and his wife Mandy Markle, whose daughter drowned in Lake Minnetonka when Jon, who’d had a few drinks, decided it would be fun to drive on the ice. The girl was just 9 months old. Read more →
He was known as the ‘butterfly child’ because his skin was as fragile as a butterfly’s wings. Read more →
If not for Rowland Fowler, the people of Embarrass, Minn., might not have much of a reason to be so darned proud of their little slice of paradise.
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The book was born from the work of a dozen women who had met at a women’s liberation conference at Emmanuel College in 1969, the Boston Globe’s Stephanie Ebbert writes today. It began as a 35 cent pamphlet but became one of the most influential books of the century.
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A black bear in northern Minnesota couldn’t stop John Liepa. Neither did a hospital stay. Or a tornado. Or a blizzard. Or any number of things that keep the rest of us indoors in the fetal position. Read more →
Many women who spoke out against sexual harassment at work didn’t want their names used for fear of retaliation and having their careers ruined. What happened to many of those who put their names behind their stories? Their careers were ruined. Read more →
Friday April 6, 2018 (Subject to change as events dictate) Until 9 a.m. – Morning Edition Best Buy’s former CEO says he does not support anti-Muslim ads made by a conservative group he’d given money to; reaction to Pawlenty candidacy; the Twins opener; Hungary election preview; a Facebook exec responds; a StoryCorps segment from brothers Read more →
You’d think that after what Minnesota sports fans learned about anything having to do with Eagles last January, they’d have steered clear of the species and their human offspring at the opening day of Target Field. Read more →