Bob Collins
Why isn’t there a TV channel with nothing but tearful reunions?
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.
Return of the red tail, living with diabetes, joining the mob, how do we have productive political discussions, and can you name a living scientist?
It’s unlikely there’ll be a significant benefit to outweigh the cost, a Harvard economist says.
Death row
Things that are dead for $20
Hopelessness for wind power, the power of the Pentatonic Scale, why the Large Hadron Collider is a scientific dog, the worst part of losing a job, and what if the birthers were right?
Flying drunk
The pursuit of happiness in real time, why make a documentary about a Camaroonian drag queen, failed compost bins, suing your college, and Teflon Tim Pawlenty.