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COLUMN: Ten years, worse for wear
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. Ten years, worse for wearBy Aaron J. Brown Ten years ago this morning the thing on my mind as I walked to work was a photograph I’d just seen of me hosting a country music show at the…
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COLUMN: My cougar town script is a cat-astrophy
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. I hinted at elements of this column in a recent radio essay, but this is markedly different from what I broadcast. My cougar town script is a cat-astrophy By Aaron J. Brown On June 11, 2011 a mountain lion…
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COLUMN: School days are here again (Whoopee!)
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. School days are here again (Whoopee!)By Aaron J. Brown I’m a teacher by trade so I’m always revved up for the school year. A new school year means new students, new opportunities and a fresh new chance to…
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COLUMN: I was a sacrifice-only, middle relief bullpen right fielder
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. A version of this piece aired in an episode of “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE earlier this month. I was a sacrifice-only, middle relief bullpen right fielderBy Aaron J. Brown As the Major League Baseball season…
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COLUMN: Enjoy a delicious ‘Somewhat Pleased Meal’
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, Aug. 14, 2011 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. Enjoy a delicious ‘Somewhat Pleased Meal’By Aaron J. Brown After last week’s diatribe about body mass problems it shouldn’t surprise you that my family goes to McDonald’s sometimes. The fast food giant has been in the news recently…
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COLUMN: Body of work best displayed with shirt
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. Body of work best displayed with shirtBy Aaron J. Brown After a long, hot summer I might be tan but I’m not taut. I read somewhere not to fret about your appearance in a mirror because of the…
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COLUMN: The things that make us human
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, July 31, 2011 Hibbing Daily Tribune. A version of this piece aired Saturday on 91.7 KAXE‘s “Between You and Me.” The things that make us humanBy Aaron J. Brown We know that fire needs fuel, oxygen and heat to burn. A swap meet, combining elements from rummage…
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COLUMN: History echoes through our modern democracy
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, July 24, 2011 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. History echoes through our modern democracyBy Aaron J. Brown Maybe you’ve got a book like this in your house, a big one: heavier than most new computers, too big to hide. For me this book was “The Rise…
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COLUMN: Bad ‘economojo’ plagues Range, and beyond
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, July 17, 2011 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. Bad ‘economojo’ plagues Range, and beyondBy Aaron J. Brown These are unsettling economic times for American small towns, particularly the mining towns and surrounding region here on northern Minnesota’s Iron Range. It’s not that the Range economy is…
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COLUMN: Animated children’s programming, a dissertation
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, July 10, 2011 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. Animated children’s programming, a dissertationBy Aaron J. Brown Some among you don’t have children. Some among you have older children you raised some decades ago. Some among you have children, but don’t watch much television because you are…
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COLUMN: Everyone loves a parade
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, July 3, 2011 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. Happy Fourth of July! I’ll be taking a break for a couple days to spend time with family. Everyone loves a paradeBy Aaron J. Brown This weekend brings many ways to celebrate American independence and the founding of…
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COLUMN: Range towns should look inward for future possibilities
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, June 26, 2011 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. Range towns should look inward for future possibilitiesBy Aaron J. Brown I’ve learned that a sound, compact wooden railroad design will yield many fun adventures for my boys. A poor design will collapse easily, requiring numerous repairs and…
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COLUMN: The meaning of lunch in the North Star State
This is my column for the Sunday, June 19, 2011 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. I voiced a version of this piece on an episode of KAXE’s “Between You and Me” earlier this month. The meaning of lunch in the North Star StateBy Aaron J. Brown If you haven’t seen yet there is a…
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COLUMN: Drive youth home, not away
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, June 12, 2011 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. Drive youth home, not awayBy Aaron J. Brown “If you’re going to write in the paper, put my name in there and say that I want a car.” That would be Doug, one of my boys about to…
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COLUMN: Don’t retread on me
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, June 5, 2011 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. Don’t retread on meBy Aaron J. Brown The entertainment writers call this the summer of the sequel. In a May 15 Newsweek column, film critic Roger Ebert describes a popcorn movie season of unoriginality and safe choices for…