Here’s a sampling of the columns I’ve written for WCPO.com, Opine Season and the St. Paul Pioneer Press:
WCPO.com
Exhibition Exploits Princess Diana and Her Fans*
Watching Bengals on TV? Thank Charity
Music Hall has Intimacy Issues and Young People Aren’t Coming
Cincinnati Art Museum Leaders off to a Wrong Start in Search for New Director
Cincinnati Musicians Should Hold More Reverence for Their Own Awards Show
We Can Expect More from Our Artistic Leaders—and from Ourselves
Cincinnati Music Scene Among Best in the Country Because There’s No Cost to Explore It
Opine Season
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Misreading the Score of LumenoCity’s Popularity
MPR’s The Current Plays the Same Old Tune
Twin Cities Orchestra Musicians: Take the Money and Run
Clinging to a Deeply Held Belief About Marriage
Winning the Right to Marry Doesn’t Mean Couples Should
This is What it Means to be Jewish
You’re Probably a Socialist—Now Own the Label
Introducing Any ‘ism’ Where it Doesn’t Belong Only Fuels the Flame
Life Without a Net: Is This What Unemployment Looks Like?
St. Paul Pioneer Press UNSIGNED EDITORIALS
Murder That Made Headlines Shouldn’t Be Public Case for Death Penalty
Endorsement: Hutchinson for Governor
Rondo Library Opens Windows of Pride on Storied St. Paul Neighborhood
No Logical Reason to Let Kroc Center Slip Away
OTHER OPINION WRITING
OP-ED: The yet-to-be Distinguished Mark Dayton (published in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Open Letter: Dear John McCain Voters (published in CommonDreams.org)
Must-See TV? I’m too good for that (published as signed column in the St. Paul Pioneer Press)
*Published independently on mattpeiken.com
Matt Peiken 