Bob CollinsThe resale price of homes in the Minneapolis area has recorded its biggest jump ever.
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.
Gubernatorial candidates don’t do as they say, Nixon’s advice to Reagan, why does baseball lend itself to warm stories, 44 days in Iran, and a new guilt trip for mothers who work.
She says she once wondered what it would be like to lose everything, and now has lost much of it.
Dying ‘doo wop’
The speech Nixon didn’t give
Why does Massachusetts love its health care? A musician’s struggle back. The Star Tribune’s struggle back. Safire on ‘Wait, Wait!’ And what would you say in a letter to your 18-year-old self?
How do you like him now?
We’re wistful for the time when the idea of action figures in politics was fresh and new.
History or politics
The worst billboards