Bob CollinsIt’s a fair bet that the U.S. Supreme Court will have to decide a key constitutional question from Wisconsin at some point: What part of “you need a warrant” don’t you get, Wisconsin?
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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.
Brittany Olson, a 27-year-old from Worthington, can breathe easier now. That’s no small feat for a woman who has struggled with cystic fibrosis her whole life. Read more →
Keep your fireworks, the big show in the sky this week was last night’s wall cloud in Detroit Lakes, Minn. Read more →
A Michigan mother is providing plenty of reason why workers need some protections when dealing with family emergencies. Crystal Reynolds Fisher, of Albion, Mich., let her convenience store manager know she wouldn’t be able to work the other day. Her son was in the hospital for reasons that have not yet been made clear. The Read more →
The foundation of health insurance in recent decades is getting people not to use what they pay for. So what happened in Boston the other day shouldn’t be too surprising even though it’s unusual to see the system laid bare in such a dramatic way. Read more →
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Be honest. Did you think the rescuers were going to find that Thai soccer team still alive in the caves they were exploring when they were trapped by rising waters? Read more →
Toys ‘R’ Us is no more. The remaining stores closed on Friday night. Read more →
he travel team’s visit to the home field of Team Unnamed started well enough. When they arrived the host parents welcomed the players and parents and thanked them for traveling so far to play their team in a rescheduled game.
Then the game started. Read more →
If you don’t know what a flashing yellow arrow is for, get off the road until you do. Read more →
The Capital Gazette, where five journalists were slaughtered last week because someone didn’t like the job they did, penned a disturbing ‘thank you’ in its Sunday paper.
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If dogs could talk, the first question they’d probably ask is, “what’s the deal with humans?”
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Posting will be light here today as I am on the road working on a piece for next week. It’s all a big mystery and very hush-hush unless you listen to the podcast about NewsCut Stephanie Curtis cranks out every afternoon. Read more →
“I can tell you this: We are putting out a damn paper tomorrow!” – Chase Cook, reporter, The Capital Gazette Read this thread from MPR hero Jon Collins: 2) If you want media that perfectly reflects your worldview & ideology, excluding all else, you don't want journalism, you want propaganda — Jon Collins (@JonSCollins) June Read more →