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The Waitingnew
Star Tribune staffers bide their time; the Guild gears up for a fight.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Steve Perry |
01-25-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
McClatchy Star Tribune: RIP. WTF?new
Pruitt's Folly, big-paper blues, and the invasion of the stripper-flippers: notes on the deal that rocked the daily newspaper business
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Steve Perry |
01-09-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
We Called Him Mr. Brownnew

James Brown, 1933-2006: Alan Leeds remembers the Godfather.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Steve Perry |
01-03-2007 |
Music
Bird Flu 'Just Continues to March'new

Dr. Michael Osterholm of the University of Minnesota's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy discusses the flu bug that could bring the world to its knees.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Steve Perry |
03-21-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Bin Laden's Gamenew

Most officials thought last month's Osama bin Laden tape was no big deal, but Michael Scheuer, who founded the CIA's bin Laden unit 10 years ago, thinks they're dead wrong.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Steve Perry |
02-15-2006 |
International
Tags: international
The Diaspora, Blowing Down the Roadnew
Katrina brings to mind the lessons of the 1927 flood of the Mississippi River.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Steve Perry |
09-20-2005 |
Commentary
Many Thousands Gonenew
The first disaster was the hurricane. The second was the federal government's response.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Steve Perry |
09-07-2005 |
Disasters
Tags: disasters
The Scandal That Could Eat Bush's Brainnew
An investigation into who leaked a CIA agent’s identity to the press has generated speculation that key members of the Bush administration could be indicted soon on criminal charges. A Rove/Plame FAQ summarizes developments in the case.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Steve Perry |
07-27-2005 |
Commentary
Gagging Dr. Deannew

So much for reinventing the Democratic Party: Dems join Republicans in ganging up on Howard Dean and the party's grassroots funders.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Steve Perry |
06-22-2005 |
Commentary
The Senator Who Came Out from the Coldnew

Republican state Senator Paul Koering never hid the fact he was gay. He never cared to announce it, either, until a floor vote forced his hand. Two months after coming out, he talks about his decision and the fallout.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Steve Perry |
06-02-2005 |
Politics
A Whole Different Ballgamenew
Why are so many Latino players among those testing positive for steroids under baseball's new policy? One culprit is Major League Baseball itself.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Steve Perry |
05-26-2005 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
The O'Hannity Factornew
Why has the Terri Schiavo case received more media saturation coverage than any other right-to-die case? The answer appears to lie in the efforts of Fox News and the Bush family and the pack tendencies of the media at large.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Steve Perry |
04-06-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
The Undoing of Americanew

Author Gore Vidal gives his views on war for oil, politics-free elections and the late, great U.S. Constitution.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Steve Perry |
03-23-2005 |
Commentary
The Rise of the Boo-yaa'snew
The internet demimonde of right-wing bloggers and chat boards is the purest expression of what has happened to political "dialogue" in the past 15 years. Together the forces of radical conservatism have contrived an extreme makeover in the language of politics: They've turned it into the idiot stepchild of sports programming.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Steve Perry |
03-09-2005 |
Commentary
Special Agent Jane Turner vs. the FBInew
Before Coleen Rowley, there was another whistleblower who rose from the ranks of the Minneapolis FBI division. Retired agent Jane Turner describes the Bureau's good old boy management culture -- and how it goes about silencing its internal critics.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Steve Perry |
10-07-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Jr., Federal Bureau of Investigation, COINTELPRO, amber alert, fitness of duty, intimidation, Louis Freeh, of J. Edgar Hoover, of surveillance, Patty Wetterling, post-traumatic stress, Robert Mueller, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Tiffany crystal globe, World Trade Center artifacts, crime & justice