Bob CollinsTwo polls suggest widely different views on whether the economy is getting better.
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.
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Slick photos
Update 11:19 a.m. – The highway has just been reopened. A bad accident on I-694, just north of I-94 in Oakdale has closed the westbound/northbound portion of the highway. The crash, according to the MnDOT camera, happened just after the 10th Street exit. Traffic is being detoured onto I-94 westbound. From the look of things, Read more →
Why do some students succeed and others fail? Why African Americans trust government. Should welfare recipients be required to have random drug tests? Copycat kindergarten killers. And what sound best describes Minnesota?
Back in 1978, farmer Patrick Benedict of Sabin was the “poster boy” for the American farmer on a Time Magazine cover. He was killed yesterday when his car collided with a grain truck. A few years ago he was interviewed by a farm policy Web site. You can find the audio here. He was asked Read more →
The most hated team in sports
More give-and-take on the immigration law, St. Paul and a kid on a bike, an Honor Flight for SE Minnesota vets, the Vikings bill surfaces, and a look back at a bad idea.
To anyone who lived through the Vietnam War, today’s Associated Press poll on Vietnamese attitudes toward their economy has to sting a little bit.