Bob CollinsThe daughter of the man who flew his airplane into an IRS office in Austin last week is hailing her father as a hero.
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.
Gov. Tim Pawlenty and President Barack Obama came glass-to-glass during a dinner at the White House on Sunday.
B.B. King’s concert in Minneapolis upstaged, Ground Zero is a national disgrace, how singing repairs the brain, and the curse of curling.
Gov. Tim Pawlenty says God should be part of political discussions. Is there religious direction to the budget debate?
Minnesota House Republicans do an ‘about face’ hours after they joined with Democrats to extend health care to low-income Minnesotans.
The new penny
Is there a more manufactured moment in all of sports than when a medal winner parades with the American flag?
Plane crash updates
Send your pothole pics, how to invite burglars to your home via Twitter, has the stimulus worked, pictures that make you want to sing, and the world’s oldest paperboy.
Around the world in 42 years
An 88-year old man didn’t talk about his war experiences much, until he had an emotional reunion with an airplane.