Bob Collins
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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.
Wisconsin’s budget might not be in such bad shape if Minnesota hadn’t canceled a tax reciprocity deal.
Weighing the statements from the Wisconsin Uprising, hiring the autistic, blood sweat and chemo, the reporter who was having a stroke wasn’t having a stroke, and boys wrestling girls.
When people push back, the irony in Fargo, the value of life, free speech or murder, and how melting ice is music to our ears.
The Twins counter the Timberwolves encroaching on their ad revenue by building a scoreboard that blocks Target Center.
Should state workers lose union rights, open season or self defense in South Dakota, innuendo explored, photographing a fading winter, and pillows at 10 paces.