Bob CollinsThe Select A Candidate survey takers this year had different issues than what the candidates were addressing.
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.
Is it OK to vote against someone, the cost of conservation, do bike-sharing programs work, a trapped wolf, and are you married to your digital gizmo?
The most famous name in the Coleman-Franken race two years ago may reappear on a ballot in Bemidji.
Moss’ quick exit
Can we reunite after the election, Moorhead’s cost of Home Makeover, Alice’s message, cruising Lake of the Woods, the day in science.
Some NPR employees tried out some newspaper’s instructions for turning a pumpkin into a camera. For their next trick, we’re hoping they figure out how to turn one into a big-screen HDTV.
The family, friends, and co-workers of Luke Bucklin are allowing us all to experience the helplessness and hopefulness that they are, thanks to the medium in which Bucklin makes his living — the Internet.
How do you want to reveal yourself, the ‘what’ is easy but the ‘how’ is hard, fear the pumpkin, how biased are you, and when dreams come true.
Time traveler in a Chaplin film?
Is Randy Moss really happy to be back in Minnesota? Some Minnesota sportswriters are tweeting that he won’t talk to the locals.