Bob CollinsAthletes giving gifts to other athletes make for heartwarming stories, but the lessons aren’t always clear.
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.
Essays on lakes, the little things that make a big difference, the big things that make a big difference, paying for news, and beauty is not in the eye of the beholder.
Let’s drop in on Capitol insiders to see how the unallotment ruling is playing. I’ll add to this through the early afternoon.
Living the news, a farewell to Ernie, when the Legislature functioned, getting tough on T-shirts, and the oil slick’s impact on Minnesota.
Miranda rights are again at the center of an investigation into a criminal/terrorist act in the U.S.
Why can people still drive SUVs in Manhattan? Who owns the names of fallen soldiers? The U’s disinterest in tenure. TV is rotting your brain. Really.
Here’s a copy of the charging document against Joshua Martin. Martin is charged in the killing of Maplewood police Sgt. Joseph Bergeron. Suffice it to say Martin tells a different story than witnesses. There is a suggestion, however, of what precipitated the shooting. Martin said Jason Jones, who was killed by police on Saturday afternoon, Read more →