Bob CollinsTwenty-nine years later, does anyone still care on days other than the anniversary of John Lennon’s death?
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.
If you could paint a mural of your neighborhood, what would it say, drinking dirty water, what is cap and trade, can you believe flu stories anymore, and what if the biggest threat is loneliness?
Are we still interested in volunteering, Carol Molnau speaks, 100 days that will make your day, giving money to the newspaper, and how the air traffic control system depends on one guy with a key to a closet.
Fresh Eye on the Radio: ‘Friending’ the Secret Service
Remember Iraq?
The Tiger remix
The sacrifices of jurors, your tips to Minnesota newcomers, weddings by Facebook, sexting, and therapy via art.
Is Afghanistan another Vietnam, the secrecy of the immigration system, the end of free news on the Internet, the revenue report, and daydreaming with the Hubble.