Bob Collins
If you’re not a big fan of snow, you probably don’t want to live downwind of Lake Superior. Sorry, Wisconsin. 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.
It was a pretty lonely existence for a few ice fisherpeople on Lake Mille Lacs yesterday… And who can blame anyone? It was pretty cold yesterday. So today, when it’s even colder, people are moving into the neighborhood. Source: MNLakeCams.com
The country may be “war weary,” but we can always use another video of a soldier surprising mom.
Choosing a child to leave behind, where’s that climate change, Smartphones are the new Starter jackets, the St. Cloud teacher who believes in kids few believe in, and free hugs in Minneapolis. Read more →
Target hackers got PINs, Dayton says he’d sign a Sunday liquor sales bill, an appeal of the NSA ruling looms, mayoral candidate robbed of smartphone at MOA, the cabbie who found over $300,000 gets his reward, and if you can’t stab people over the color at a wedding, what can you stab them over? How about the location of the Big Dipper? Read more →
Key points on the NSA data collection ruling, which is likely headed for the Supreme Court. Read more →
Is it right that people took advantage of Delta’s mistake when it put flights on sale for as low as $5 yesterday? Read more →
The last gasp of jazz in Saint Paul, how to escape the community college trap, why Santa didn’t make it to St. Cloud this year, the coming crackdown on SSDI, and hockey from the ref’s point of view. Read more →
A lot of political pundits were burying the Republican Party after the government shutdown in October. A lot of political pundits were wrong, as they often are. A poll today shows Republicans holding a 49 percent to 44 percent edge over Democrats in the “generic ballot,” which asks registered voters whether they would choose a Read more →
If you were searching the Delta Airlines website today, maybe you were one of the lucky ones to get a flight for $5.
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Our Christmas traditions are quaint and all, but why can’t we get the Shanghai pillow fight?
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A divided Minnesota Supreme Court today upheld a state law that allows a county to seize and sell an automobile if the person driving it was driving drunk. Read more →
The face behind the Target theft, Delaney’s Christmas, bus supervisor fired for saving an abused woman, the botched online retailers Christmas, and the great propane tank scandal of 2013. Read more →
The comments section is open. In the spirit of the season, everybody write something that says something good about someone else Read more →
Farewell, DC-9’s. The Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal says Delta is retiring the fleet of the aircraft it got when it bought Northwest Airlines. The last flight will be January 6th. The last of the DC-9’s flown by a major carrier will leave Minneapolis St. Paul for Atlanta, one last takeoff for the plane that Read more →