Bob Collins
In many ways, Obama’s deficit-cutting target is more aggressive than President Kennedy’s promise to put men on the moon.
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.
The kid and the ball, Band Aid art, you are the jury, whose flood is it, and what happens on the farm stays on the farm.
When is it time to give up, the Civil War 150, pulling Planned Parenthood, Iman’s rape, and misunderstood melodies.
A look back at opening day
Bob Dylan played Ho Chi Minh City last night, and left out the peace anthems that made him famous during the Vietnam War.
Whack-a-flood, a cost-benefit analysis of religion, life on a string, the final haircut, and saving the world with video games.
Most of us don’t know many of our neighbors anymore and if it weren’t for the occasional flood, maybe the Riverview neighborhood of Moorhead would be like anywhere else.
Waterworld
Flood zone by air
Before the Red River has even receded, residents are already considering the future floods.
When the media — that’s me — come flying in to cover the major drama — this isn’t usually the type of thing we focus on — a man and his sump pump.