Saturday January 5, 2013
David Banks
Editor/columnist | Opinion
Phone: 612-673-7191
Email: djbanks@startribune.com
David Banks is the Star Tribune's assistant commentary editor.
Recent content from David Banks
On Jeremy Lin and how to diligently avoid progress
Off-hand headlines and other distractions in our racial quagmire.
Updated: February 20, 2012, - 06:10 PM
Swill for the masses
Longing for the good life -- one cup at a time.
Updated: February 09, 2012, - 09:26 PM
A platform for the partyless
On Tuesday, a number of Minnesota voters will dive into the proceedings at their precinct caucus. But it will be a relative few. Here's something for the rest of us to ponder.
Updated: February 04, 2012, - 04:47 PM
Short take: Marriage amendment
Just a reminder: Here's what's really on the table.
Updated: January 13, 2012, - 07:29 PM
Logical extremes
Rhetoric, when convenient, carries ideas to their logical extreme, wherever that may lead.
Updated: November 21, 2011, - 08:40 PM
Airport checkpoints? Mr. Ventura, I feel ya
It's awfully hard to shuffle up to a security checkpoint, drop one's dignity in a basket and exclaim, "Why, yes! Only this could keep us safe!"
Updated: November 09, 2011, - 07:50 PM
David Banks: Maybe Americans should just go shopping
C'mon -- you know you want to. How else to put some wind in our sails?
Updated: September 05, 2010, - 06:15 PM
David Banks: We have met the insiders; they are not us
Nonetheless, let us come to their defense; they can get things done.
Updated: February 05, 2010, - 06:24 PM
David Banks: Voilà, an American dream, or: When fortune frowns
How an honest, everyday guy turned his small savings into ... not much more.
Updated: March 27, 2009, - 09:28 AM
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