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Sing it, Minnesota!
A state lawmaker is suggesting that Minnesota turn “Hail, Minnesota” into the state anthem and adopt a more contemporary state song. Any suggestions? Related posts: No related posts.
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Clinton and Iraq: a metaphor?
Frank Rich from the New York Times wrote a great column yesterday (“The Audacity of Hopelessness“) detailing the logical fallacies about Hillary Clinton’s current campaign strategy as she makes her final push for Ohio and Texas. It’s not just that her candidacy’s central premise — the priceless value of “experience” — was fatally poisoned from…
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Out-of-town small town paper profiles a Range small town landmark
Many Iron Rangers know that Hibbing, positioned in the heart of the Mesabi Range, is the birthplace of the Greyhound Bus Company and home to the Greyhound Bus Museum, an interesting destination that is both informative and included on most lists of government pork projects released by public watchdog groups each year. Hey, what’s an…
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Smoky logic abounds in bar theater scheme
During last year’s debate about the statewide workplace smoking ban in the Minnesota legislature, I kept asking, “why, oh why, does the Iron Range have to strike this pose again?” Here we are, a land of change-resistant Don Quixotes who howl at the moon to keep smoking rights but snooze when public dollars are funneled…
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Hey Old Media, getting warmer …
Last summer we got a DVR service to go with our satellite TV. The digital recorder allows us to record shows, pause or rewind live TV and basically watch programs any time we want with the ability to fast-forward commercials. Someone told me before we got it that it would change how we watch television…
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Pardon me, my blog is showing
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, Feb. 24, Hibbing Daily Tribune. I keep an archive of my columns at my homepage. Stay tuned for my book about modern life on the Iron Range due out next fall. Pardon me, my blog is showingBy Aaron J. Brown 02/22/08 09:44 a.m.This column is about blogs.…
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Something worth 100 new high schools just crashed and blew up
Two pilots survived the crash of a U.S. B-2 bomber in Guam yesterday. The B-2 carries a price tag in the vicinity of $1.2 billion. I bet their insurance rates are SO going up now. Place: An insurance office Time: The Future B-2 pilot: So, can I get insurance on my new plane? Insurance Agent:…
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T-Paw vetoes roads bill
Gov. Tim Pawlenty vetoed the transportation bill today. The DFL-controlled House is one vote shy of an override, but two of the holdouts are DFLers so there is a chance that this bill funding improvements to Minnesota highways and bridges can be rammed through the veto wall. I expect a lot of these kinds of…
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Angry Serbs
If you missed it, Kosovo seceded from Serbia this week and the U.S. recognized Kosovo’s independence. Serbia doesn’t like this. The BBC reported the following: Several hundred protesters have attacked the US and other embassies in Serbia’s capital in anger at Western support for Kosovo’s independence. Protesters broke into the US compound in Belgrade and…
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Brown on the Air times Two: Northern Cheapskate Saturday!
It’s been a rough week. Normally, when I tell you what I’ll be doing for the Saturday “Between You and Me” program on KAXE I’ve already written, recorded and edited the piece. This week, I have done none of those three things. But I do know the topic and it is close to home, believe…
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Raising a blogger militia
Thanks to the good folks who showed up at the blog class at Hibbing Community College last night. I taught the class for KAXE’s Community Journalism Project, an initiative to get people started with community blogging all over northern Minnesota. When we have a strong network of bloggers working, we’ll be able to aggregate a…
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Political tidbits
I was swamped yesterday and we’re saying a lot of prayers for my grandmother who is in the hospital in very serious condition. Anyway, I didn’t get to some interesting tidbits I found over at www.mnblue.com, a progressive political blog of which I am a contributor. As the MNBlue’s “token Iron Ranger,” I had to…
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The world of water cooler politics is flat, too
President Bush recently visited Tanzania, one of the few nations in the world where he enjoys an approval rating above 50 percent. Despite Bush’s relative popularity, questions about Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign to become Bush’s successor dominated the visit, according to a Sheryl Gay Stolberg story from last Sunday’s New York Times. Outside of town,…
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Free blog class this Wednesday night in Hibbing
This is a cool opportunity for HCC students and staff and the Iron Range community at large. Next Wednesday from 6 to about 8 p.m. I’ll be leading a free class about blogging as part of the KAXE Community Journalism Project. Essentially, if you’re interested in starting a blog this will give you some strategies…
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Kudos, but thanks/no thanks, to Range cloth diaper company
A couple from Britt (part of the wooded wonderland just north of the Mesabi iron formation) is making a name for themselves as owners of an online cloth diaper company. Read the story in today’s Duluth News-Tribune. Since my house is full of babies, the story stood out to me. Good for them. We opted…