Bob CollinsFacebook kills careers. So does being a little too invested in a political issue. Ask the manager of a North Dakota horse track who, on his personal page, weighed into a bill in the North Dakota Legislature that would provide some assistance to the North Dakota Horse Park in paying special assessments to the City of Fargo. 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.
Teri Kinne signs up for the shifts because she’s been looking for her brother, whom she hadn’t seen in 10 years until she spotted him at an overflow shelter at the Ramsey County Law Enforcement Center not long ago, the Pioneer Press says. Read more →
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Forbes is out with its annual list of the richest people in the world and, perhaps not surprisingly, the people who were the richest last year are the richest this year. That’s pretty much how it works when you’re rich. Once you’re a billionaire, it’s pretty hard not to be a billionaire. Read more →
The Society for American Baseball Research has nominated a former Saint Paul Saint for a new award honoring women in baseball.
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Jana Shortal, of KARE 11, is already a legend in these parts but she got a big boost on a national level today when the YouTube channel, Great Big Story, called attention to her style.
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When the New Hampshire General Court held a public hearing at the statehouse on gun legislation opponents wore pearls. Read more →
On Twitter yesterday, I asked for people’s names for what the people in my house call “snow boogers”, the clumps of ice and snow that we love to kick off when the temperature is just right. And, thanks to Steve Swan, I was made aware of this poetic segment that Moore did on the subject. It’s brilliant. Read more →
Add ‘I just wanted to hang on to read the Mueller investigation’ to ‘I wish I’d spent more time at the office’ among phrases that shouldn’t be our last words. Read more →
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Wayne Hayer, a student at Morehouse College, couldn’t find child care for his daughter last week and he’s prepping for finals this week. So he apologized when he showed up for Nathan Alexander’s algebra class.
Alexander noticed Hayer having difficulty taking notes and watching his daughter, so he stepped in. Read more →
In upholding a district court ruling, the Court of Appeals ruled Monday that the state law doesn’t prevent a city from requiring a higher minimum wage. It only prohibits paying less. The case will almost certainly have to be settled by the Minnesota Supreme Court. Read more →
We have reached the point of winter where some people just give up. Like, perhaps, this person in Minneapolis who has parked his/her car and has gone the full camouflage route. Read more →
Some customs of our civilization have been around so long they seem perfectly normal. And when it comes to death, who wants to talk about what we do to a corpse? Sallie Tisdale does. Read more →