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Joey Peters

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"Put your faith in God and keep your powder dry. Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition"



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Putting the ‘D’ in ‘DFL’

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Att. Gen. Lori Swanson
Att. Gen. Lori Swanson

Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson is eliminating whatever remains from the Farmer-Labor Party in the DFL in a classic case of Democratic hypocrisy. Namely, 50 of her 135 or so assistant attorneys general left her office in the past year due to its constant atmosphere of stress and fear.

MinnPost.com reported this:

“Assistant …


Change for More of the Same

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Change?
Change?

Pundits and political junkies – from the left and right – have gotten so nostalgic about the Barack Obama bid for Presidency that they’ve started comparing his candidacy to South Dakota Sen. George McGovern’s 1972 bid against Nixon. Sure, like McGovern, Obama has broad youth support and is attempting to surprise the Old Guard Democrats by winning the Presidential nomination. But all …


Adventure Dining with Erik: K Wok

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Photo by Ben Lansky
Photo by Ben Lansky

The Cedar-Riverside intersection has tons of authentic ethnic restaurants to offer, so what makes K Wok stand above and beyond the others? Well, nothing in particular, except for maybe its towering blue sign that makes it an easy spot to target.

The Vietnamese/Chinese eatery is a family-owned joint that, in the spirit of its …


Black Panthers at Coffman

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Photo by Joey Peters
Photo by Joey Peters

As part of a speech at the Coffman Union Theater, Black Panther Party co-founder Bobby Seale called for a broader and more profound progressive movement. In the voice of a veteran revolutionary, he brought up a wide range of issues, many of them on the current national radar.

On Iraq: “We need to end this damn …


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