Former presidential candidate John Edwards cheated on his dying wife, fathered a child with a campaign staffer, and may have illegally diverted campaign funds to help keep the affair quiet.
And if that’s not bad enough, he also checks his smartphone for messages while driving…
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.
Bob Collins