Bob Collins
A new artist’s rendering of the stadium was released today. It looks familiar.
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.
A Hassidic newspaper didn’t like having women in the now-iconic photograph of the White House situation room during the rain on Osama bin Laden’s lair, so it removed them.
Spontaneous musicals
There’s something wrong in this picture from the Associated Press of a boat being used to rescue people from the Mississippi River flood in Memphis, but I can’t quite put my finger on it.
More reporters standing in water
Survival and death in the transplant game, a pencil-neck auction, why the small crowds at anti-tax rallies, the graying of the president, and video captures the beauty of night in the city.
What’s your story?
The day the Dow died
In Kansas City, a sportswriter wrote that a player for the Royals should have allowed himself to be hit by a pitch. Easy, right? Sure, unless you’re a player getting hit by a baseball.
What are the odds that in the same week that Francisco Liriano throws a no-hitter, a group of curlers would toss an eight-ender?
If oil is dropping in price, how come gas is still $3.99? Also: Distracted dining, where airlines fly, the new Wild coach, and a caption contest.
Politics and ‘ground zero’