Bob CollinsThe Minnesota Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court order for Secretary of State Steve Simon to turn over information on voters he has refused to give to a group that insists it may show evidence of voter fraud. Read more →
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.
It’s been four years since David Carr, the New York Times media columnist, died after collapsing in the Times’ newsroom. That’s four years we’ve have had to think countless times ‘I wish Carr were still around to see this.’ Read more →
The Kern Bridge, which has spanned the Le Sueur River in rural Mankato since 1873, somehow has survived its 145th winter and spring flooding season. Soon, it will be gone. Read more →
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The kids in Stillwater High School aren’t messing around, but the principal is pretty good at disarming them over an issue that’s got them stirred up: peeing. Read more →
You’ve got your Prince. You’ve got your Bob Dylan. And, at least where basketball-handling prowess is concerned, you’ve got your Aces. Read more →
There are some problems that can only be solved by being uniquely Minnesotan. Read more →
How young is too young when it comes to recruiting future college sports players? Read more →
Ashley McNiff, one of thousands of runners in Monday’s Boston Marathon, is running because she doesn’t want to let what happened to her friend dictate to her. Her friend was a runner. Her friend was running in broad daylight. Her friend was raped and murdered and left in the woods. Read more →
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Among the more amazing depictions of the struggles truckers had on Minnesota roads on Thursday was this Facebook video, shot by Mike Barness on Highway 52 in Vermillion. Read more →
Nature is never more marvelous that when it changes the hue out the window.
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Former Minnesota Sixth District Congressman Mark Kennedy’s voting record may come back to haunt him as he tries to get a new gig as president of the University of Colorado. Read more →
When the Waukesha family’s story was told, people stepped up. So many people offered to be the donor, it crashed an overburdened screening process to select one. Read more →
Like many other issues, there is a reckoning coming on the issue.
But not until it gets talked about. Read more →