Bob Collins
Despite all the bumper-sticker platitudes about freedom, much of it comes from protecting the despicable acts of some unsavory characters.
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.
Just for the heck of it, call your I.T. department today and double-check that they’ve not taken privacy invasion to new heights the way a suburban Philadelphia school has.
Paying for organs, mysteries of the autistic mind, the genius of Dorothy Height, unloading school buildings, and the mascot tragedy.
Why would a runner who went to the trouble of training for the Boston Marathon, stop in the middle of it to kiss a woman?
Gov. Tim Pawlenty says God should be “in the discussion,” although he doesn’t care to discuss what that means.
We have no patience for nature, a virtual Boston Maraton, the difference between Obama and Bush, bikers vs. bikers, and what Bachmann and Pelosi have in common.
If there was a more touching interview on public radio this week than the one with Michael J. Fox on Weekend Edition, I’m certainly not aware of it.
What’s right with us: The ash cloud
Pushing back against Apple
Let the record show that the Minnesota Twins are 0-1 whenever a flash mob appears at Target Field.