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NewsCut

MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

By Bob Collins

Bob Collins
bcollins@mpr.org • @newscut

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.

The limits of political speech

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 14, 2010, 11:55 AM Jan 14, 2010
6

If you could be harassed for expressing your political views, are you denied your right to free speech?

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Destruction in Haiti

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 14, 2010, 11:06 AM Jan 14, 2010

This interactive provides the best sense yet of the extent of devastation in Haiti.

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Five by 8

Five at 8 – 1/14/10: Where was God?

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 14, 2010, 7:05 AM Jan 14, 2010
13

Considering Haiti’s fate from a religious perspective.

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The harm of cameras in a courtroom

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 13, 2010, 4:11 PM Jan 13, 2010

The Supreme Court says televising the gay marriage trial would harm those taking part in it.

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The earthquake bump

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 13, 2010, 2:07 PM Jan 13, 2010
1

Behind the scenes of an unspeakable human tragedy in Haiti, an economic theory is being tested.

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Understanding the scale of Haiti

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 13, 2010, 11:55 AM Jan 13, 2010

Some of the death toll estimates in Haiti are staggering.

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From White Bear Lake to Haiti

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 13, 2010, 9:53 AM Jan 13, 2010
2

A former White Bear Lake man and his wife are providing online updates from Haiti.

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The press and private lives

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 13, 2010, 9:05 AM Jan 13, 2010
10

MPR’s Midmorning is exploring where to draw the line between the public’s right to know and a political candidate’s private life.

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Five by 8

Five at 8 – 1/13/10: On Miep Gies

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 13, 2010, 7:09 AM Jan 13, 2010
2

A first-person tribute to the woman who hid Anne Frank.

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Mary and Bob

Fresh Eye on the Radio: Conan’s letter

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 12, 2010, 5:16 PM Jan 12, 2010
3

It is either intensely comforting or profoundly disturbing that the American workplace is consumed with a TV debate.

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Why Norm Coleman is running for governor

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 12, 2010, 3:28 PM Jan 12, 2010
11

All signs say that the former senator is in the race.

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Heroin: It’s a guy thing

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 12, 2010, 1:35 PM Jan 12, 2010
1

New data shows the increase in the number of heroin deaths in the Twin Cities.

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Bird strike data

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 12, 2010, 1:00 PM Jan 12, 2010
1

The number of instances of birds colliding with planes appears headed for a record.

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The state of black America

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 12, 2010, 12:01 PM Jan 12, 2010
1

A new survey illuminates the differences between how white and black America view things.

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Study links TV and heart disease

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 12, 2010, 10:47 AM Jan 12, 2010
6

But sitting and reading a book is also a killer.

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