Bob Collins
A large jet fighting California wildfires gets the attention. Not everyone’s happy about that.
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.
Laura Ling and Euna Lee speak out, civil rights for bikers, the luxury of the college dorm, can you afford to be a good citizen, and the most vulnerable House DFLers.
Wildfires update
A well-connected soldier got for his funeral at Arlington this week, what an average kid from Rosemount could not.
The Unemployed: Greg Hillenbrand
Was the RNC the success its organizers claim, student protests in Mankato, is Joe Mauer the best fantasy baseball pick, the watermelon solution, and the safest Minnesota House seats.
Exit the light bulb
Wildfires on film
The crackdown on robocalls, the odds of the GOP taking over the Minnesota House, the foreclosure judge, no beer at the ballpark, and the limits of our ability to waste time.
Death of an artist
The moss solution