Bob Collins
The early favorite to get the convention? Cleveland.
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.
Will the Twins spend to stay competitive, how a woman saved a baby 10 years after she died, downloading Dylan, do you know judicial candidates, and can politicians play nice?
The U.S. Supreme Court today took a giant step — for it — forward. Starting today, the court is making available audio recordings of oral arguments at the end of the week in which they took place.
Peace and the American consumer
Spare the picture books if you want your first-grader to get into Harvard, the danger of documenting grief, when is it time to move on, return to Peshtigo, and Star Wars in paper.
Robert Baldwin of Muscatine, Iowa was buried yesterday at Arlington National Cemetery. He was killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan last month. This is one of his four children.
Why can’t Twins fans handle a little difficulty, the end of Science Friday, truth and the Gulf oil spill, three minutes to make you feel better, and the making of Cinderella.