Bob Collins
When does the cycle end? When news organizations get bored with the story line and turns on the celebrity whose political swagger they helped create.
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.
Just keep going, Congress’ insult to the 9/11 rescuers, does time slow down when you’re scared, what can you do about the PlayStation hack, and an end to the search for intelligence life in the universe.
One picture: Skating’s championships
That surely puts an end to the controversy. The nation will now focus on more pressing issues.
Once upon a ribbon
Two roads back, LRT street art, tune out and turn off in college, Ron Paul jumps in, and how to escape a disaster you just made.
Waiting on Lawson
Sandbags vs. dikes debate renewed
From the looks of things, it could have been worse had the tornado struck a building frequented by lots of people.