Bob Collins
Inside Wisconsin’s most unique home, pulling the plug on public broadcasting, second chances, for the love of corduroy, and what’s the most cherished mail you ever received?
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 week that was the week quiz
Teachers on tape, when people do good, when religion and farming don’t mix, what does Rothsay know that you should, and the myster of the one-clue answer revealed.
At an event in San Francisco yesterday to help veterans get some services. Today’s first hour of Midday is highly recommended listening. Award-winning military correspondent Joe Galloway joined Gary Eichten for a riveting hour about being a photographer and reporter at war. Galloway criticized the fact that most people in the country “have no skin Read more →
Polling problems
Letters from Liberia, chutzpah Duluth style, love trumps politics, does covering bullying in suicides ignore the underlying health aspect, and Moss on a roll.
Is there now a link between climate change and weather, when people do good, words to adimpleate your life, studying cricket testicles, and the law of unintended consequences for airline passengers.
Whose missile? Nobody’s
A monk at St. John’s Abbey remembers one of the worst storms in Minnesota history, which occurred 70 years ago Thursday.
Cool video of the day: The marathon