Bob CollinsOnly one in four surveyed favors repealing the U.S. health care law.
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.
Miss Understood
Embracing Winter: The rink
This video, which is pretty funny since it didn’t turn out tragically, is still a good reminder that it’s rarely good idea to get up on your roof in the winter.
What is a miracle, why do we need political pundits, should Dire Straits be banned, voter ID, the science of nonsense, and the taste of rain.
March of the dead mailboxes
Bert meets his backer
In the wake of last night’s attempt to reunite the country, if only for a few moments, the pundits have gotten a head start today to undo things a bit. Hey, they’ve got to eat, too
When leaders rise to the occasion, was Tucson terrorism, Pawlenty’s dud interview, pain at the beauty pageant, and anonymous goodness