Bob Collins
The unbelievable blizzard in western New York is perfect for capturing by quadcopter.
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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.
O, Canada, you are too cool. Read more →
Bill Cosby can’t seem to stop revealing the real Bill Cosby.
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The push for sidewalks in Edina is meeting with significant unfriendliness.
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He directed “The Graduate,” “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and other great films, but his iconic role in American entertainment was as a comedian. Read more →
While appearing to be somewhat contrite, the New York Times writer responsible for the great grape-salad scandal of Thanksgiving 2014 isn’t backing away. Read more →
All the weather attention has been on Buffalo — deservedly so — but when it comes to lake-effect snow, our wet friend to the north is no slouch.
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You know the type. You usually end up behind him/her. Read more →
This is the part of #pointergate that has been lost in the brouhaha over one incident and one indication of police attitudes toward residents of the city. Read more →
Minnesota is upset — outraged, if you will — over this article in the New York Times. Read more →
A presidential bid would allow Sanders a better platform to do what many Democrats were scared to death to do in the recent campaign: Stand up and defend middle-class principles that have traditionally been Democratic principles. Read more →
A deer hunter in Northfield isn’t doing much for the image of the sport.
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The Minnesota journalism community has been surprisingly silent on #pointergate, KSTP’s botched police-union-planted story contending that Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges was flashing gang signs during a north Minneapolis get-out-the-vote effort last month. Read more →
Now that the election is over, it’s on to the lame-duck and legacy stage of the presidency of President Obama.
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Minnesotans tend to snicker a bit when paralysis grips states to our east in the winter. But we’ve got nothing on Buffalo where five feet of snow has fallen and more is expected today. Read more →