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COLUMN: Everything’s heaven in 2011
This is my annual “predictions” column for the Jan. 2, 2011 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. Everything’s heaven in 2011By Aaron J. Brown My clomp-clomping boots flatten the frozen swamp grass like corn flakes along the Canadian National rail line somewhere off Highway 7 south of Zim. I’m running now not just because I’m…
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COLUMN: Top words of 2010: Spillcam is not what you think
This is my annual “top words of the year” column for the Dec. 26, 2010 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. Thanks for reading and supporting my work in 2010! On to a new year of stories and possibilities. Top words of 2010: Spillcam is not what you thinkBy Aaron J. Brown When I opened…
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COLUMN: To boldly go where we’ve been before
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. A version of this was broadcast as my weekly contribution to yesterday’s “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE. To boldly go where we’ve been beforeBy Aaron J. Brown In science fiction, such as Star Trek and Star…
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COLUMN: Light unto the holiday night
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, Dec. 12, 2010 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. Light unto the holiday nightBy Aaron J. Brown The other night we did something many northern Minnesota families do this time of year. Despite the availability of electricity and light bulbs in our own home we trekked the…
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COLUMN: The return of winter’s empire
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. The return of winter’s empireBy Aaron J. Brown All things change. In reading history all things change with regularity only because we have the advantage of looking back at vast amounts of time condensed into tiny paragraphs. For…
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COLUMN: We’re not going to take it, or will we?
This is my column for the Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. A version of this piece was broadcast on an earlier episode of “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE. Support this blog by considering: Overburden: Modern Life on the Iron Range as a holiday gift. We’re not going to…
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COLUMN: Turning the e-page
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. Turning the e-pageBy Aaron J. Brown One of the joys (terrors!) of raising children in this modern age is explaining old things to these new people without revealing your own waning youth. In this you will fail, just…
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COLUMN: Bringin’ it all back home, again
This is my weekly column for the Nov. 14, 2010 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. A version of this piece aired as a commentary on 91.7 KAXE on Nov. 6. Bringin’ it all back home, againBy Aaron J. Brown When you live in the heart of the Midwest, in a little notch of the…
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COLUMN: A house in order
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. A shorter version of this piece was broadcast as commentary on a recent edition of “Between You and Me” on KAXE. A house in orderBy Aaron J. Brown It’s probably fitting that the news of the past week…
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COLUMN: Scary amount of election cash this All Hallows (Election) Eve
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. Scary amount of election cash this All Hallows (Election) EveBy Aaron J. Brown The Washington Post reported last week that candidates will spend more than a combined $2 billion in the nation’s House and Senate races so far…
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COLUMN: The real tweet
This is my column for the Sunday, Oct. 24, 2010 edition of Hibbing Daily Tribune. The real tweetBy Aaron J. Brown The internet is for narcissists. Narcissistic internet people told me this on their blogs, so I know it’s true. I’m smart like that. And I have a blog. But even as the internet goes,…
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COLUMN: Wouldn’t you like to know!
My column for today’s Oct. 17, 2010 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune is an expanded version of a post I wrote here last week and rewrote for MinnPost a few days later called “The Minnesota Twins and the Meaning of Life.” I could repost the whole thing today, but instead I’ll ask that you…
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COLUMN: On the other side of the forbidden ridge
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. This piece may or may not be based on my experiences strolling around the vicinity of a certain local mine last week. On the other side of the forbidden ridgeBy Aaron J. Brown For two generations, young people…
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COLUMN: Keep it interesting, Minnesota
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. Keep it interesting, MinnesotaBy Aaron J. Brown I’ve been trying to quit, but it’s so hard. Temptation is all around and it’s only going to get worse. I wish I never started. I’m talking about politics, not pills.…
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COLUMN: Turning leaves, reading the signs
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. Turning leaves, reading the signs By Aaron J. Brown The grass grows slowly now. Cool and dry, the lawn cuts smoother than at any time in 2010. But you’d never know it the way the leaves are falling.…