My book “Overburden: Modern Life on the Iron Range” has been out for 18 months (gack, the time!) but I’ve yet to do an author event west of Grand Rapids. That sad reality ends this weekend as I make my first speaking/book appearance in the great city of Bemidji on Sunday. I’ll be the featured… Read More →
In Praise of the Iron Range
February 18, 2010 by 4 Comments
The right honourable Kermit over at the conservative Minnesota politics blog True North has penned an earnest screed entitled “In Praise of the Suburb.” Go over and take a read. He’s a little quick to turn an anthropological issue into a political one, but he presents a new point of view. Suburbs exist for a… Read More →
Back for a quick hit of blog
January 18, 2010 by Leave a Comment
I haven’t been posting much lately, but stay tuned today for a few items — mostly links with comments about Iron Range area doings in statewide context. A lot of change has hit the conventional wisdom of the governor’s race, which might generate some commentary. Items will start showing up over the next 24 hours…. Read More →
Get your crawl on, Baby 2010
December 31, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Happy New Year, everyone! Let’s all hope 2010 looks and feels a little better than 2009. In the past I’ve used this day to share my top posts for the previous year. This particular year I entered a blogging hiatus of sorts so the numbers are a little skewed. I can say that my gubernatorial… Read More →
2009, there’s the door: Quick or we’ll call the cops
December 30, 2009 by Leave a Comment
As we wrap up the last week of the year, MinnesotaBrown.com thanks those who’ve stuck with the blog despite the reduced posting schedule these last few months. I’m likely to increase the frequency in 2010 when I figure out how to balance my other professional writing projects. Meantime, it was quite a notable year for… Read More →
The return of my giant head on a tiny screen
November 21, 2009 by 1 Comment
At this approximate moment I am about to “address” a session on “hyperlocal” blogging at the Netroots Nation conference in the Twin Cities. I am not there; rather I recorded this opening statement and will be participating in the panel discussion via an audio connection. If you’re interested in the challenges facing local political and… Read More →
Scenes from the commute
September 23, 2009 by 3 Comments
For the last few weeks of fantastic weather here in northern Minnesota I’ve been meaning to take my camera to catch a particular shot of an old tractor that I see on my 30 minute commute into the big city of Hibbing. The sun rises right behind the ancient machine as it rusts away in… Read More →
A quick post before the leaves turn colors
August 23, 2009 by Leave a Comment
It’s been about a month of reduced blogging here at MinnesotaBrown and I thought I’d give you a little update. First of all, yes, I will be bringing comments back when I resume daily blogging but I’ve temporarily closed comments until I have the time to deal with them. If you have a comment please… Read More →
A partial hiatus and an exciting new chapter
July 29, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Hello readers. Some changes, most likely temporary, will be coming to this blog over the coming months. You’ll still be able to read my weekly columns for the Hibbing Daily Tribune, news about my book and radio work, and items of interest about the Iron Range, but the posting frequency will be reduced. My political… Read More →
And now a rebuttal
July 23, 2009 by 1 Comment
I realize that I have written three consecutive “bad times” posts about the Iron Range economy. Contractually I am now obligated to show you this: Related posts: No related posts.
