This is my Sunday column for the April 14, 2013 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. A version of this piece aired on yesterday’s episode of “Between You and Me” on Northern Community Radio. Too Minnesota Nice to BragBy Aaron J. Brown You never know what you’ll see when a “list post” circulates on the… Read More →
Taft for our times
April 7, 2013 by Leave a Comment
This is my Sunday column for the April 7, 2013 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. “Taft 2012: A Novel” by Jason Heller was clearly packaged to fuel the zeitgeist of last year’s election, spoofing targets from the media, to the tea party, modern politics and obesity in general. I read the book just recently,… Read More →
Getting to the bottom of the yoga ‘pants’emonium
March 31, 2013 by Leave a Comment
This is my Sunday column for the March 31, 2013 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. Getting to the bottom of the yoga ‘pants’emoniumBy Aaron J. Brown Allow me to state my qualifications to talk about yoga pants. I’ve done yoga a couple times on my Nintendo Wii. I really enjoy how yoga pants look… Read More →
March madness? Already there
March 24, 2013 by Leave a Comment
This is my Sunday column for the March 24, 2013 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. March madness? Already thereBy Aaron J. Brown St. Urho’s Day and St. Patrick’s Day have passed us by, two stripes – one purple and one green – on a slushy brown highway winding into the dark and foggy moor… Read More →
Following the papal trail
March 16, 2013 by Leave a Comment
This is my weekly column for the Saturday, March 16, 2013 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. I’m told it’s running a day early this week so the paper can fit the rest of it’s annual edition material into the Sunday edition. So, happy Saturday! Following the papal trailBy Aaron J. Brown First, congratulations to… Read More →
Sled by example
March 10, 2013 by Leave a Comment
This is my Sunday column for the March 10, 2013 Hibbing Daily Tribune. Fitting that a sledding column would follow last week’s lamentation of the Minnesota spring. We’re still winter-bound. Sled by exampleBy Aaron J. Brown Old Hollywood movies provide show us how far we’ve come. In classic films of the early 20th Century, people… Read More →
It’s the Minnesota spring that gets you, not winter
March 3, 2013 by Leave a Comment
This is my Sunday column for the March 3, 2013 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. It’s the Minnesota spring that gets you, not winterBy Aaron J. Brown It’s March. I think all the snowbirds are gone by now. So let’s speak freely, shall we? I don’t mind that people head south for the winter…. Read More →
‘Prairie Silence’ rings true across flatlands, woods or city
February 24, 2013 by 1 Comment
This is my Sunday column for the Feb. 24, 2013 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. I previewed this column with some additional thoughts last Monday. ‘Prairie Silence’ rings true across flatlands, woods or cityBy Aaron J. Brown Having grown up shadowed by the trees and modified hills of northern Minnesota’s Iron Range, I admit… Read More →
‘Lincoln’: An ode to gradual change
February 17, 2013 by Leave a Comment
This is my Sunday column for the Feb. 17, 2013 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. A version of this piece aired Saturday on KAXE‘s Between You and Me. The Academy Awards ceremony is tonight. ‘Lincoln”: An ode to gradual changeBy Aaron J. Brown Early in “Team of Rivals,” Doris Kearns Goodwin’s book about President… Read More →
Romancing the Range
February 10, 2013 by Leave a Comment
This is my Sunday column for the Feb. 10, 2013 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. A version of this piece aired on Saturday’s “Between You and Me” program on Northern Community Radio. Romancing the RangeBy Aaron J. Brown Life boils down to moments of consequence. With Valentine’s Day approaching (it’s this Thursday, for those… Read More →
