Bob Collins
Should youth sports games be streamed to your smart phone, a solar solution examined, why the increase in the price of eggs isn’t a big deal, North Dakota Bois, and the button car of Northfield.
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.
Stretched thin?
Two stories with tough decisions to make, are politicians’ kids perfect, do the ‘burbs get better buses, and what does your fridge say about you?
The money behind the tea party, what would you do in a nine-day traffic jam, building community in bad times, could you spend four months trapped with your work colleagues, and power from pee.
Independence Party gubernatorial candidate Tom Horner thinks so. He included an increase in per-drink alcohol taxes in his announcement of a sweeping budget plan today. His plan would increase alcohol by 10 cents a drink.