Bob CollinsMichele Bachmann, the congresswoman from Minnesota’s 6th District, was due to preside over the House yesterday afternoon when someone sprang into action upon seeing her upper arms. 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.
Remember Twin Cities boosters saying Super Bowl 2018 would give Minnesota a national reputation and help “put it out the map.” This isn’t what they had in mind.
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There’s a fair chance the NFL’s No. 1 draft pick next year will be an accused rapist who has now been disciplined by his college team for lewd comments about women. Read more →
A divided Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that a professional guardian can order the removal of life-support for patients without court review. Read more →
With another 90-loss season and a likely manager firing just days away, the Minnesota sports fan might be tempted to wish baseball would simply go away.
That was before football season started, and now, we dare say, baseball has rarely looked better to these tired eyes.
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It’s true we can’t merge, but, unsurprisingly, Minnesota drivers are pretty darned nice, a new survey says. Read more →
Brainerd won’t be joining Red Wing and Minneapolis in putting Columbus out to pasture. Read more →
The Adrian Peterson story hasn’t been hypocrisy-free up to now and there’s no reason to expect it would be now. Read more →
How can we keep people on the curb, instead of crossing against the light? Entertain them. Read more →
Faron Hall was the kind of hero we in the news media love. And it might’ve killed him. Read more →
The Chisholm-based Minnesota National Guard 114th Transportation Company came home from nine months in Afghanistan this morning. Read more →
When Brock Shepard broke open a box and a helium balloon floated out at Blaine High School’s field house yesterday, it signaled that the kids of Blaine are alright, and so are quite a few of the adults. Read more →
ESPN’s Keith Olbermann said for a brief, shining moment the Vikings showed some character in suspending Adrian Peterson. Olbermann then ripped Vikings GM Rick Spielman’s hypocrisy. Read more →
Marion Coombs gave up her son right after he was born. Later, she was told he was dead. He wasn’t. Read more →
Paradise Funeral Chapel president Ivan Phillips says he came up with the idea after noting that elderly people have a difficult time getting into the funeral home. Read more →