AltWeeklies Wire
Steven Levitt on His Controversial New Book, 'SuperFreakonomics'new
In 2005, University of Chicago economist Steven Levitt and New York Times columnist Stephen J. Dubner co-wrote Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything. Now comes the highly entertaining sequel, SuperFreakonomics.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
John Ervin |
01-06-2010 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Best Way to Help Animals May Be to Eat Themnew
Why compassionate carnivorism just might work better than going vegetarian.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Rachel Hutton |
05-08-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Don't Throw Away the Keynew
Do you want to know a secret about sexual psychopaths? They're not the ones committing most of the sex crimes.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Beth Hawkins |
11-30-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Eric Janus, Failure to Protect
Mass Consumptionnew
A once-local author talks about the perils of big-box retailers.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Paul Demko |
11-09-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Big-Box Swindle, Stacy Mitchell
Fixing a Leaknew
Former Minneapolis City Councilmember Dan Cohen talks about being outed as the source of a leak about a political candidate's shoplifting conviction, and the subsequent legal battle against two Twin Cities dailies that ultimately reached the U.S. Supreme Court.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Paul Demko |
06-17-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Blows Against the Empirenew
A former Playboy model and card shark plays on our collective lust for all things confessional in her new book, which dishes premium dirt on Hugh Hefner's messianic goatishness.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Diablo Cody |
04-13-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
