Bob CollinsConcert-goers, what would happen if the world adopts the Bob Dylan method of selling concert tickets?
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.
What’s the problem here?
A tree falls in Amsterdam
What’s the strangest thing on your school supplies list? What’s it like to be homeless? Farewell Tettegouche arch. Steam engines in western Minnesota. And four protests that won’t depress you as much as the one in New York yesterday.
St. Paul UFO mystery solvedLast week’s high score was 13, posted by Kevin Watterson, Director of Public Affairs for the Minnesota House Republican Caucus. It might well be the high point for Republicans in Minnesota this week. His prize is that he will now be followed by Midmorning host Kerri Miller on her new Twitter account. We”re happy for Read more →
In New York, a group of ex-pat Minnesotans will, instead, celebrate the State Fair in spirit, and dangerously fatty food.
The greatest speech ever given, the non-disappearing disappearing oil, the coal plant controversy on the Iron Range, construction in downtown St. Paul, and a new parachuting record.
The debate over the community center/mosque in New York has often overshadowed the real issue for many people opposed to it — are Muslims a threat to America?
How did oil executives avoid the same fate as Roger Clemens? They had an apparent friend in Congress.
I’ve been in a few milking parlors in my day, but I don’t remember any of them looking quite like this.
Pakistan flooding from space