Bob Collins
You’ll be shelling out more money to use some Wisconsin state parks, including one of the most popular ones near the Twin Cities. 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.
In a video editorial today, the Rochester Post Bulletin (the Post Bulletin no longer publishes a paper on Friday) asks whether it’s acceptable for public officials to discontinue their social media accounts. Read more →
Americans hate their news media. But some of its most wealthy are running cons, stealing people’s financial future and running off to Naples. Only one institution is calling them on it.
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Here’s a list of the topics and guests you’ll hear on Minnesota Public Radio News today. Read more →
For sure we in the business actively engage in self-delusion when using words to substitute for obscenities. There’s good reason for that. Read more →
It’s always been a little difficult to determine who is behind the Save Lake Calhoun newspaper ads that have lobbied against a name change of the lake that honors former Vice President John C. Calhoun, the architect of forced Native American relocation and an ardent supporter of slavery. Now we know.
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It seems pretty clear now we’re in a no-school-announcement arms race. Read more →
People in Russia — Russia! — are more likely to feel their news media is doing their job well than Americans are, the survey says.
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Why doesn’t Douglas County want to pay for the drivers who help veterans get to their medical appointments? Read more →
Sen. Neal Tapio, R-Watertown, charged the interfaith day at the S.D. state capitol on Wednesday used ‘terrorist style bullying tactics in the press ‘ and constituted ‘a slap in the face of every patriotic American service member that signed up to defend freedom.’ Read more →
What makes the story of Gavin Becker and Olivia Toft particularly delightful is the continuing role that Eighth Crow Wing Lake plays in the history of love. Read more →
Here’s a list of topics and guests you’ll hear today on MPR News. Read more →
This is the very definition of a dilemma.
You step off the subway train, your dog in tow, and the door closes, separating you from you and your pup. Read more →
Welcome to the world, Mohameds, Henrys, and Isabellas. Make it better, although you’ve got your work cut out for you. Read more →
If there are player protests during the Super Bowl in Minneapolis next month, NBC says it won’t cover them up to keep advertisers happy. Read more →