Bob Collins
Any number of behaviors can be encouraged by making it fun.
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.
A third of human diet depends on bees. So the massive die-off should be getting our attention.
From death row to middle school, mysteries of St. Paul real estate, are you watching your colleagues in the bathroom, times are good for terrorists, and why are you leaving a stroller unattended on a subway platform?
If the weather is a little chilly for you, gather around 5th Avenue SE and Main St. SE in Minneapolis.
How investors make money when companies fail, the cockpit view of MSP runway construction, is the thrill gone in the State of Hockey, you say Wanat and I say Khe Sanh, and perhaps it’s time for Letterman to zip it.
Four year old channels Herb Brooks
The sickening of Stephanie Smith, a tribute to Joe Williams, a snub for the Dalai Lama, a new home without the product placement, and the American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar.