Bob Collins
The class of 2014 isn’t like us, the mosque issue isn’t really about a mosque, do you have the right to fly a flag, the plastic bag movie, and the Anoka salad shooter.
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.
This video has surfaced on YouTube in the last 24 hours in the continuing controversy over Target Corporation’s donation to MN Forward.
The National Transportation Safety Board this afternoon released images from the site of the plane crash last week that claimed the life of Sen. Ted Stevens and four others.
A walk around the mosque’s neighborhood
Death of a conservative icon
What are the odds of surviving an airliner crash, as all but one person did in Colombia today?
The issue that won’t go away, how money is buying justice, would you unplug for a week, where’s Peter Sagal, and renting a bike in Minneapolis.
Weather photo of the day
Are you tired of the endless babble over ads in the gubernatorial campaign? Fine, let’s focus on some important commercial advertising.
The aerial campfire, how birth order affects you, Rubik’s Cube in 20 moves, and the fastest pastor in Redwood Falls.