Bob CollinsThe New York Times is backing away — sort of — from its weekend poll that showed a sudden swing to Republican Pete Stauber in Minnesota’s 8th Congressional District. 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.
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Officer Peter Casuccio, of the Columbus Ohio police, has become quite the media star in the last 24 hours because he didn’t kill an 11-year-old kid holding a toy gun when he was responding to a report of young men with guns on Saturday afternoon. Read more →
It’s like old times at Target Center; a Timberwolves season seems lost before it even begins. Read more →
North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, who is in a close re-election fight with Rep. Kevin Cramer, was put on the defensive today while trying to go on the offensive over the sexual assaults of women. Read more →
You know how it is; sometimes you just get caught up in the moment and do something stupid. It happens, particularly with kids. Read more →
Jason Lewis, the 2nd District congressman, is in a close race with DFLer Angie Craig in next month’s election. So it seems unusual that Lewis got op-ed space in Monday’s Star Tribune — and Tom Emmer got similar space today — to use to campaign against the opposition if they so choose. Read more →
There are plenty of big, national problems that are too complex to make a dent in solving. Opioid addiction isn’t one of them. Read more →
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Nothing much has worked so far to get the message through to the masses that climate change is real and it’s going to hurt. So a group of researchers have changed their approach. Drought? Famine? Floods? It’s not enough to get people interested. Read more →
Here’s your daily dose of sweetness. Satellite TV has brought hockey to Kenya. A doughnut company from Canada, displaying marketing genius, took care of the rest. Read more →
Even by the standards of lion-killing dentists, the actions in Namibia of an Idaho Fish and Game official seem despicable. Read more →
Find Tina, the long lost love of Fields Arthur, who was assigned to the Air Force in Osceola, went into Stillwater on Saturday nights to dance and met Tina Anderson, a 19-year-old phone company operator.
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Buckethead had the good fortune to have suffered the effects of curiosity during the Autumn Glory Festival in McHenry, Md late last week. Read more →
Pete Stauber, the Republican candidate for the 8th District congressional seat, picked up a big endorsement when the Duluth News Tribune editorial board endorsed him in the apparent close race with DFLer Joe Radinovich. The seat is being vacated by congressman Rick Nolan, a DFLer.
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