Bob CollinsWhich is worse for a politician: Having an affair or being a hypocrite?
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.
The blowdown, why you probably won’t survive a heart attack in a hospital, where student debt is a worse problem than cocaine possession, the ‘superpod’ of dolphins, and how to photograph fireworks.
From the looks of people at the Franken rally in St. Paul, it’s impossible to keep the Election Day excitement alive for eight months.
Minneapolis police say it wasn’t their officers who ignored harassment during after gay pride parade last weekend. But who were the kids?
Signs suggest housing has hit bottom
When debt wasn’t evil, the kids with clout, turning back the Supreme Court clock, why renting is in, sign of the Apocalypse, and the bike cops of Minneapolis.
Growing old in America