Bob CollinsHere’s the Today show segment mentioned in today’s 5×8 about President Obama’s letter to Ely.
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.
Saved by the routine, MLK’s speech in full, throwing food in the air, the wedding ring and the Oil Patch, and what makes Ely unique?
Stan Musial was the kind of baseball players who could make you cry for all the right reasons.
Hockey is back
Losing on purpose
When a soldier dies, a governor orders flags lowered, we newspeople run a story, a town says ‘goodbye,’ and then everyone moves on.
What does Peavey Plaza say to you, when you can’t control information, a picture of Prince, that’s one for the gun owner, and Dear Mr. President.
The amazing flu
The stench from South Bend, what’s going on in the cockpit, Wisconsin judge orders man to stop having kids, the hero of the Oil Patch, and the irresistible desire to jump into a frozen lake.