Bob Collins
I don’t really have much reason to post this video other than to point out how utterly brown things are in Minnesota, and, apparently, how dry.
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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.
Cow Pi
Look at this face. How can this not be your favorite in the Iditarod? Read more →
The university is the first institution to act to comply with Gov. Scott Walker’s cut in higher education funding. It’s not pretty. Read more →
In La Crosse, spring is a time when a young person’s fancy turns to not stepping on all the needles and syringes on the sidewalks.
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Roger Hanson can return home to Big Lake now after months installing his art sculpture in Superior, Wisconsin.
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Up until today, social scientists have conceded that conservatives are generally a happier lot than liberals.
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You don’t often hear funeral services start with a tribute to a news reporter, but, then again, mentally ill homeless people who freeze to death alone don’t often get funerals.
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Regrettably, as is often the case in these instances, the online world couldn’t pause the drivers vs. bicyclists debate long enough to mourn her passing. Read more →
Sometimes you don’t need the whole story to know that everything’s going to be fine. Read more →
One of the hazards of living in Minnesota is you never know whether you’re reading a sincere message or a clever response to critics. Read more →
Roger Hanson spent most of the winter trying to get his ice sculpture built. Now, when he wants it down, it stubbornly refuses. Read more →
It’s a sure bet that Major League Soccer will select Minneapolis for a new franchise, a soccer news website reports.
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Rachel Woell, a former student at Totino-Grace High School in Fridley, and the Totino-Grace football team have been selected as the 2015 Section 5 recipients of the “National High School Spirit of Sport Award” by a national group of state high school leagues. Read more →
What’s wrong with this statue? Read more →