Bob Collins
A Brit assesses us, let’s waste some time, what don’t Minneapolitans get about snow parking, a leg for Mustafa, and depression and mental health on the college campus.
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.
Pearl Harbor and vanishing memories, Sputnik and school testing, what does God have to do with religion, inequalities in the metro bus system, and the death of Rudolph.
Compared to the South, Minnesota gets off pretty easy. But it’s not too hard to see why diabetes is going to cost the U.S. over $3.4 trillion.
Six degrees of Monday Night Football
You are the editor, authorities targeting gay kids, drinking yourself to death, Wait Wait’s most requested guest, and the Brainerd woman who just wanted to do something good.
CoffeeShop Chronicles: Bicycle power
Good luck trying to label Dane Jorento. He’s got a fair number of abbreviations after his name, none of which means ‘writer of children’s books.’
Emily Seru, a Washington State native, gives voice to the combination of trepidation and excitement that is accompanying the Central Corridor light-rail project on St. Paul’s University Avenue.
Everyone has a story that should be told about themselves, their neighborhood, or someone they know. Occasionally, I set up at a table in a coffee shop and interview people who stop in. Today, I set up at the SugaRush Coffee Shop on University Avenue in St. Paul. Here’s another story: When I ask people Read more →
Erica Hunt and her husband gave up good jobs to learn about a life that’s not so comfortable.
Everyone has a story that should be told about themselves, their neighborhood, or someone they know. Occasionally, I set up at a table in a coffee shop and interview people who stop in. Today, I set up at the SugaRush Coffee Shop on University Avenue in St. Paul. Here’s another story: Atom Robinson could easily Read more →