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‘Change’ and ‘Bailout’: strange bedfellows indeed
This is my weekly column from the Sunday, Jan. 4, 2008 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. ‘Change’ and ‘Bailout’: strange bedfellows indeedBy Aaron J. Brown Change. According to the Global Language Monitor, “change” was the top word of 2008. That’s no great surprise. It’s been a fascinating year. Our current president, the son of…
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Ring in the new
Starting this week I’m going to change the posting schedule here at MinnesotaBrown. My weekly column for the Hibbing Daily Tribune usually runs Sundays and I’ve traditionally posted it here that day as well. Well, Sundays are terrible traffic days so I’m going to post the column on Mondays from now on. This will put…
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After a wild year, 2009 could get wilder
UPDATE: The Christmas production schedule apparently led to my column not running in its usual Sunday spot again. Generally, I am the last to know in these situations. I expect the column will run during the week before the New Year. At least that’s usually how this goes. This is my weekly column for the…
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Santa Tube
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, Dec. 21, 2008 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. Santa TubeBy Aaron J. Brown Click “Play.” SANTA CLAUS (at desk, wearing headset microphone, hands at keyboard):Ho, ho, ho! This is Santa’s first ever “You Tube.” The elves tell Santa all the little boys and girls use the…
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Report: Star Tribune shaking up columnist roster
David Brauer at MinnPost posted this story yesterday about the Star Tribune’s efforts to offer buyouts to some of its high profile talent. According to Brauer’s report, columnists Nick Coleman, Katherine Kersten, cartoonist Steve Sack and others might be included among those offered buyouts. Here is a follow up that includes the memo. And he…
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The meaning of lost
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. This is based on another piece I recorded for KAXE this year. The meaning of lostBy Aaron J. Brown We modern folks tend to look at getting lost the way ancient folks looked at the universe. While we…
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Iron Rangers know recession is a time for defiance
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, Dec. 7, 2008 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. Iron Rangers know recession is a time for defianceBy Aaron J. Brown These days I think more about the little houses I see along the train tracks at the edges of our Iron Range towns. Every time a…
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The warm, yet difficult, business of friendship
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008 Hibbing Daily Tribune. This was based, in part, on a radio essay I did for KAXE several weeks ago. The warm, yet difficult, business of friendshipBy Aaron J. Brown So I recently joined Facebook, a social networking Internet site where you connect with old…
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Into the den of girl clothes
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. I used a version of this story for my Saturday essay on KAXE. Into the den of girl clothesBy Aaron J. Brown Like others, I did many things for the first time during my freshman year of college.…
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You win this round …
Dammit. On the same day the Hibbing Daily Tribune runs my column about hitting a deer with my Ford Focus station wagon, the Duluth News Tribune runs Janna Goerdt’s column about hitting a moose with her Subaru. Not only does she get the bigger, rarer and much more literary dead animal on which to pontificate,…
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Fast cattle: the problem with deer
UPDATE: The column was lost during production at the paper, so this will actually run in the hard copy of the paper sometime this week. This is only relevant if you like to clip these and put them on your fridge, which even my mom stopped doing years ago. UPDATE 2: The column actually ran…
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What a child sees, remains
This is my weekly column for the Sunday Nov. 9, 2008 Hibbing Daily Tribune. What a child sees, remainsBy Aaron J. Brown When I was a kid, maybe 4 or 5, I remember staying overnight at my grandparents’ house in Keewatin. I don’t remember why I was there, but for some reason my teenage aunt…
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Era of awkward disagreement to end soon (we hope)
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008 Hibbing Daily Tribune. My new blog design allows you to look at past columns by clicking “Columns” on the menu bar. Era of awkward disagreement to end soon (we hope)By Aaron J. Brown Maybe you’re a Democrat. Maybe you’re a Republican. Maybe you’re an…
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The scary season
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. The scary seasonBy Aaron J. Brown Halloween is coming. This is one of those holidays that grew from bizarre, pagan origins to cultural mainstay and then descended back into debauchery. What am I saying? “One of?” It’s pretty…
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Sustainability: Iron Range style
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, Oct. 19, 2008 Hibbing Daily Tribune. A shorter version of this piece aired as an essay on KAXE’s “Between You and Me” last month. I will be reading a longer version of this piece for the Nov. 5 Northeast Higher Education District Sustainability Conference at Hibbing Community…