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2005 Stories by Jim Walsh

• Exile on Stalinallee

  published December 7, 2005

  He started out as a Grade-B Ricky Nelson; He ended up as an American revolutionary. More >>

• I'm Happy When I'm Purchasing Things

  published November 30, 2005

  Black Friday at the Mall of America: Wish you were here. Wait a minute, you are here. More >>

• The Village Idiot Knows Something

  published November 23, 2005

  Mad Peeaire would like to talk to you about Aristotle, Wilde, Blake, Freud--and his childhood memories of a goat-buggering orgy. Why won't you listen? More >>

• Mother Knows Best

  published November 23, 2005

  Nanci Olesen, 'Mombo,' and the parental underbelly. More >>

• The Monitor

  published November 9, 2005

  Matt Hanna is watching you run that light. More >>

• Doctor Near-Death

  published November 2, 2005

  Dissecting life's mysteries with forensic pathologist Janis Amatuzio. More >>

• You Are Here

  published October 19, 2005

  How to get lost (and maybe found) while walking around another guy's lawn. More >>

• It's All About the Benjamin

  published October 12, 2005

  He didn't just invent the Franklin planner: What a Founding Father has to tell us about modern Medievalism. More >>

• The Weakest Shade of Blue

  published October 12, 2005

  Eliza Gilkyson peeks out from the foxhole. More >>

• Save the Children

  published September 28, 2005

  A collision with Christ's spokeswomen in the Annunciation parking lot. More >>

• Around the World in 26.2 Miles

  published September 28, 2005

  For good reason, the Twin Cities Marathon bills itself as "the most beautiful urban marathon in America." The course winds around... More >>

• All That You Can't Leave Behind

  published September 21, 2005

  They were hobbits. They were pot smokers. In 1981, they were just kids called U2. More >>

• Sink or Swim

  published September 14, 2005

  A Marxist historian and New Orleans native talks about how disasters foster solidarity. More >>

• Katrina Scams Hitting the Twin Cities?

  published September 14, 2005

  Burnsville couple hit up by phony "hurricane survivor." More >>

• Citizen Berquist: The Man with the Van

  published August 31, 2005

  Who's counting? More >>

• This Monkey's Gone to Heaven

  published August 24, 2005

  Why do kids torment guinea pigs? Whose guinea pig are we? More >>

• Teen Wolf

  published August 17, 2005

  The hair, the rage, the lust. The six-to-eight-week wait for shipping and handling. More >>

• Visions of Johana

  published August 10, 2005

  Her body is in the chair; Her mind is in the Emerald Isle. More >>

• There Goes the Neighborhood

  published August 10, 2005

  Surprise: Bike messengers screwed by condo development. More >>

• Keep Both Hands on the Newspaper

  published August 3, 2005

  Local filmmakers want to find out how much you love yourself--and how often. More >>

• Don't Laugh, You're Next

  published July 27, 2005

  Meet two men who have the stones to face death. More >>

• The Peons of Lake Minnetonka

  published July 20, 2005

  The glorious yachting days of summer--as seen from the shore. More >>

• Onward Christian Soldiers

  published July 13, 2005

  "First we get the military, then we get the nation." More >>

• The Autograph Man

  published July 6, 2005

  What ever happened to Buddy Holly's fishing license? More >>

• Reality Is Out There

  published June 22, 2005

  Why we live in pseudo communities and why we fear death: More reflections from a wise man More >>