Bob Collins
Have you flown on Delta/Northwest lately and noticed any changes since the Atlanta-based airline took over the formerly Minnesota based Northwest?
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.
Defense spending and the recovery
Broadband is available in much of Minnesota, but maps show Internet speed is fairly slow statewide.
Your thanks for bailing out the auto industry, chasing tornadoes, remembering Mighty Casey, wind power runs out of gas, and high school rodeos.
One of the reasons I don’t mind getting stuck at railroad crossings is it helps remind me that the economy isn’t completely stuck.
Graduation stories, Pawlenty’s chances, the earth from above, the signs around us and what happens when you tickle an ape.
Reaction to the Obama speech, carrying guns in church, barge living is the life for me, gaming the college ranking surveys, and how Neil Armstrong blew his line.