Bob Collins
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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 Economist has unveiled the global debt clock, a country-by-country look at which countries are tapped out.
A bridge too far
Instant runoff voting may be a winner
The hardest-working people in showbiz this week are the TV reporters covering the potential of flooding in downtown St. Paul. They have to do “stand-ups” in front of a river that isn’t behaving badly yet.
Despite the amount of attention projected flooding is getting, only two locations are expected to have ‘major’ flooding.
Flood zones by air, pastors dare the IRS, privatizing libraries, the mystery of the empty parks, and what part of ‘heads down’ don’t you understand?
Northfield flooding
Target to downtown St. Paul?