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James Lileks

Columnist/Editor  |  buzz.mn

Phone: 612-673-7858

E-mail: jlileks@startribune.com

James Lileks is the editor of buzz.mn, and also write a metro column on Fridays.

Recent content from James Lileks

• As school weekends expand, will learning contract accordingly?
  
  Nov 28, 2008
• James Lileks: T'ain't the holiday season? Oh, yes it is
  This may not be the merriest Thanksgiving in recent memory, since people feel as if they've been beaten senseless by large, black newspaper headlines for the past two months. A few years ago, we'd read stories in the newspaper about stuffing your turkey with diced emu livers braised in saffron; now, you expect newspaper stories about how you can stuff your turkey with newspaper stories, or use the cardboard Stove Top box to extend the recipe. But here's a brash prediction: On Friday, you will not be able to find a parking space at the Mall of America.
  Nov 23, 2008
• Recount gives us stunning view of voters
  The recount has taught us much. So far we know there are several reasons a ballot can be invalidated.
  Nov 21, 2008
• James Lileks: The U's new play: Bump and run for revenues
  New proposal for the TCF Bank Stadium: Alcohol will be sold only to Gopher boosters who've paid for luxury seats. It'll cost five bucks for a tepid, half-flat flagon of beer; other thirsty patrons will go without. Or smuggle it inside in flasks, or in their bloodstream.
  Nov 16, 2008
• Hard times are here again; is it time to cut back? No, seriously!
  Holiday retail woes: here we go again.
  Nov 14, 2008
• It was almost a real shot in the arm this year
  Friday's snow reminded us that Cold and Flu Season is here. There's nothing you can do about the cold, except for obsessive washing and carrying a sharp, long pole to make sure people keep their distance, but the flu?
  Nov 9, 2008
• Will we be funding Symphony for Gong and Power Saw?
  Thanks to the new constitutional amendment, we have a bucket of money to spend on water, the environment, and the arts. The first two items are easy -- that stuff's everywhere. But art?
  Nov 7, 2008
• James Lileks: Getting polled: Ouch, that really hurts
  Most of us never get polled. When we do, it doesn't pay to be undecided.
  Nov 2, 2008
• For Halloween, less prep, more kvetch, please
  We've avoided the usual Halloween arguments this year.
  Oct 31, 2008
• Airport parking rates head for 30,000 feet
  It's not the most earth-cleaving news, but it peeved frequent fliers. Airport parking rates have been cleared for takeoff. Two bucks more per day, kicking in Jan. 1.
  Oct 25, 2008

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