Bob CollinsIt’s 2019 and if high school students in Chaska are still dabbling in blackface, Chaska has some racist students. 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.
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Harriet Tubman isn’t going to be on the $20 bill. Not anytime soon, anyway. Read more →
It was a short and sweet announcement from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference today. The University of St. Thomas is out. Read more →
The Green Bay Packers quarterback confirmed he was in the final episodes somewhere, but he wouldn’t say in what role. Read more →
Three dairy farms a day go out of business in Wisconsin, the dairy state. Like any business story, it’s a tale of low prices for milk and high prices for feed and supplies. It’s simple math. But it’s hard not to feel for the people whose job is their life and always has been. The Read more →
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With the 75th anniversary of D-Day coming, dozens of C-47s — the military version of the DC-3 — are on their way to the coast of France. And this derelict is getting some well-deserved attention. Read more →
A rat and an aardvark got married in a cartoon and that’s too hot to handle for the children of Alabama.
That’s pretty much 2019 in a nutshell. Read more →
The family thinks the record was removed for marketing purposes. Read more →
Some members of the Minnesota Legislature and political allies had their feelings hurt by strident signs from teachers imploring them to get it together in the final days of a do-little legislative session.
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It takes a lot of nameless people to make a newspaper — or any other news medium — go. Read more →
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Dr. Huda Zogbi was telling me her amazing story at the start of the hour, when I had to stop and turn to the other two guests and say, ‘you two talk among yourselves. I’m going to be talking to her for awhile.’ They understood. Read more →
The two Columbine High School shooters killed 12 students, including Austin Eubanks’ best friend, and one teacher before they killed themselves or each other. On Saturday, they killed Eubanks. Read more →