Good for the Strib!
I bash journalists all the time here, I know, but I actually think the Minneapolis Star Tribune is mostly a pretty good newspaper—they've managed to avoid the barking mad Foxification of the media (with some exceptions; <cough, hack>Katherine Kersten…what were they thinking?), and I think it's probably safe to lay the credit on having some good, principled people on staff. Their deputy editorial page editor, Jim Boyd, has just won a major award.
On Dec. 8 at a State Department ceremony, Jim Boyd, deputy editorial page editor at the Star-Tribune in Minneapolis, was awarded the 2005 Arthur Ross media award by the American Academy of Diplomacy, "for critical, perceptive and non-partisan commentary on the policies of governments and international organizations, reflecting exhaustive research, a willingness to tell truth to power and a consistent appreciation for the importance of cooperation among nations." Previous winners include Jim Lehrer and Anne Garrels.
I've had a few brief conversations with Boyd in the past year, so I know one important thing: he's on the side of Truth and Beauty and Reason in the evolution wars. As Norwegianity points out, the Three Stooges at Powerline also hate him to pieces…so you know he's got to be a good guy. So, credit where credit is due: the Strib has at least one good journalist working for them (and I'm sure there are others, with whose work I am less familiar). May they, and every newspaper across the land, acquire many more.
I wonder how many subscriptions the Star Tribune gained as a result of Boyd's steadfast willingness to be candid and note the pattern of misleadership coming out of the Bush White House and the Republican-controlled Congress? I'll bet it's a lot more than 200. And what a weasel Norm Coleman is, but I think we all here knew that to be the case already.