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Music to tame the LRT attacker
Best story of the week: To deter the rough element from knocking down people at light-rail stations and taking their iPods, the authorities are considering ... playing Beethoven on the loudspeakers!
Updated: February 04, 2012, - 07:07 PM
Do Disney right
Heading to Walt Disney World in Florida? Perk up your mouse ears for these insider tips.
Updated: February 04, 2012, - 06:09 PM
Lileks: What's next for Block Empty? Think small - think State Fair
This may be a bad subject for a column, because you don't care about Block E. That's obvious.
Updated: February 02, 2012, - 11:05 PM
Guy behind Calhoun Square still thinks big
Go ahead, live in Lake Wobegon if you'd like. But developer Ray Harris -- the man behind Calhoun Square, among other things -- would like you to consider moving to his latest project:
Updated: January 28, 2012, - 08:45 PM
Airport security and the special few
Keeping with an upsurge in some people's resentment of the 1 Percent, Delta has announced a program that lets frequent fliers breeze through security without having their buttocks kneaded by TSA. This will be instituted at our own airport soon, so the experience of being shoved through the Guilt Presumption machinery can be enhanced by pure seething envy.
Updated: January 28, 2012, - 08:40 PM
Lileks: No. 3 most literate - but are we any more smarter?
Minneapolis are the third most literate city in the America, according to a new survey from Central Connecticut State University. (School motto: "Who?")
Updated: January 26, 2012, - 07:38 PM
Lileks: Keeping up with the Vulcans
It's the second year of the Minneapolis Post-Solstice Festival, the Mill City's answer to the St. Paul Winter Carnival, and I'm pleased to announce that it's going well.
Updated: January 21, 2012, - 11:06 PM
Lileks: Bonding bill's secret: Something for everyone
The upcoming state bonding bill is a model of fiscal responsibility, because it does not include a pony for everyone. That would have been popular, but times are lean.
Updated: January 19, 2012, - 07:50 PM
Why so few have the flu this year
Flu season is not as bad this year, experts are reporting. Usually 3 to 4 percent of Minnesotans are shivering with the grippe; this year it's about 1 percent.
Updated: January 14, 2012, - 04:10 PM
Lileks: You can try to cheat death, but don't mess with the MMPI
Have you been following the story of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory? How do you feel about it? Does it make you want to yell at hot dogs? Have you ever had disturbing dreams about hot dogs?
Updated: January 12, 2012, - 07:49 PM
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