Bob CollinsCalculating retirement, what happened to the Air France jet, Obama and the Muslim world, Tiananmen Square 20 years later, and studying gays.
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.
Some prominent Republican names are behind Web site domains for governor. But that doesn’t mean they’re running.
Tim Pawlenty is holding a 2 p.m. news conference ‘regarding his future plans,’ which gives us a little more time to engage in the national pastime for political types who have nothing else to write about: Tim Pawlenty’s future plans.
Business diversity on the Supreme Court, the most exciting play in baseball, the cure for insomnia, and hour of John Hodgman, and privatizing parking meters.
Like the end of the Olympics, I am having spelling bee withdrawl withdrawal today. I am not yet ready to let go of the two astounding — if predictable — facts surrounding the annual spelling extravaganza. 1) We have far too many useless words in our language. Perhaps there should be a sunset provision whenever Read more →
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