Bob Collins
Should we feel sorry for the people who rubbing our noses in their plans to head to a warm Texas?
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.
Necessity birthed a new fashion in Egypt today as tens of thousands of protesters hit the streets again, many prepared to be hit.
Nye’s loses its star, the airline monopoly in the Twin Cities, racism and the false police report, the obligatory Super Bowl ad post, and hunting via the Internet
Why is a cut in child protection in Minnesota in the first budget bill to be debated in the state Senate, and not the last?
Now that the access to the Internet has been eased somewhat in Egypt, more video is starting to make its way out of the country.
The cookie revolution, where does Minnesota’s toxic waste go, redefining rape, football skeet, and the battle of Lake Shore Drive.
An Iowa Senate politician may be all that’s preventing an end to same-sex marriage in the state.
This video is rapidly racing across the Internet. It features a guy in Kansas City taking to song, inspired by the blizzard that’s hit the Midwest.
Here’s video of the finish to this year’s John Beargrease sled dog race up north. The margin of victory was just 20 seconds.
Are you feeling left out of the big blizzard, have you seen you, Fred Yiran, put the hand-helds down, and no beer at the fair.