Bob Collins
Adrian Peterson and the Star Tribune are waging a fierce battle with each other over Sunday’s blockbuster story, including an allegation of financial impropriety at Peterson’s All Day foundation. 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.
As promised, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association has just posted its video documenting the surprise giveaway of an airplane to a Litchfield, MN., man on Sunday. Read more →
Brittany Maynard found out recently that she has terminal brain cancer. She’s announced via YouTube that she intends to die two day’s after her husband’s birthday in November.
Read more →
A New Jersey school superintendent is leading the way when it comes to cracking down on bullying. Read more →
JP Gibson, 5, has been battling acute lymphoblastic leukemia since 2012. On Monday, the Utah Jazz signed him to a one-day contract and invited him to suit up. He signed his contract with a crayon.
Read more →
KARE 11’s investigation into why Veterans Administration records show a man who died while waiting for an appointment allegedly canceled an appointment four days after he died has led to a potential new scandal: bonuses that were handed out based on phony records. Read more →
Hundreds of birds are being killed in the Duluth area during the annual migration of songbirds. Read more →
A Harvard scientist has taken to song to provide an uplifting message during the Ebola outbreak.
Read more →
The issue of suicide is, indeed, a complex one without simple answers. But the sudden increase in suicide rates is less alarming than the fact too many people were already taking their own lives in the state which mostly shrugged about it.
Read more →
If you’re going to be an analysis of just about anything, never say ‘never.’ Read more →
With any luck at all, an announcement today may finally free professional sports from the tyranny of cable TV.
Read more →
Back when I was in the sixth grade, I thought that 60 would be a good time to die. What’s the point, I reasoned, of living to be so old?
This year I turned 60. I long ago realized that sixth graders aren’t that bright on matters of longevity.
Read more →
Mike Simonson, longtime reporter for Wisconsin Public Radio, died suddenly on Sunday.
Read more →
The ‘have’ society isn’t parting with its money as much anymore. Read more →
Reza Baluchi had the right idea. He wanted to “run” through dozens of countries to raise a little awareness for the fleeting concept that maybe people should stop trying to kill each other, and that a little more effort should be put into helping the world’s children.
Read more →