Bob Collins
An airshow performer can probably thank someone in South St. Paul for his life.
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.
Considering emerging adults, the hero whose weapon was a bagpipe, a new golden age of editorial cartoons, affording solar, and tango in the Twin Cities.
While the proposed mosque in New York is dominating the news, the anti-Muslim fervor actually started in Pennsylvania.
Twins win, thanks to Twins
Being a son of Massachusetts, it’s not in my DNA to say nice things about the New York Yankees, but the Yankees are doing the right thing this week with ‘Hope Week.’
The Green Party candidate is fielding a candidate for governor. Should she be included in debates?
The life of a sperm-donor child examined, sensitivity and the First Amendment, the love of a good siren, a ban on satire, and the secrets of outdoor photography.
Among the most startling news stories of the current news cycle, this one may be tops: Lou Gehrig may not have died from Lou Gehrig’s Disease.
Reporters for a Connecticut FoxNews station were sprayed with hornet and wasp spray yesterday, while filming a woman suspected of receiving beer from a beer delivery driver who later shot 10 people at his workplace.
Here’s another reason to dread the coming winter. Organizers of the Art Shanty Project have announced they’re taking 2011 off.
Good news/bad news in a study on household debt from the New York Federal Reserve Bank today: