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  • Dylan sculpted music, now hometowns etch him in history

    Dylan sculpted music, now hometowns etch him in history

    This is my Sunday column for the May 19, 2013 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. I’ll be revealing more about Tom Page’s Dylan sculpture project in a week or so. Dylan sculpted music, now hometowns etch him in historyBy Aaron J. Brown The figure crouches over a guitar, playing against a hurricane. A long…

  • What to get for the mom upon whose survival the colony depends?

    What to get for the mom upon whose survival the colony depends?

    Happy Mother’s Day! I’d like to wish my mom, Sandra Johnson, a very happy mother’s day. I figure the best way to say thanks is to chase the bizarre sense of humor we share down the rabbit hole … or in this case, ant colony. This is my Sunday column for the May 12, 2013…

  • Great opportunity, major test for Iron Range schools

    Great opportunity, major test for Iron Range schools

    This is my Sunday column for the May 5, 2013 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. Great opportunity, major test for Iron Range schoolsBy Aaron J. Brown At a glance, there’s nothing special about the Iron Range. Old houses built for workers. Streets stained red from the ore that brought the town to life, and…

  • COLUMN: Spring map madness saves season

    COLUMN: Spring map madness saves season

    This is my Sunday column for the April 28, 2013 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. I shared #springmapmadness maps on Friday, and will share the rest of the maps when they arrive. Spring map madness saves seasonBy Aaron J. Brown This year the team photo for the Hibbing High School baseball team shows the…

  • 11,700 miles by dog, ski and sea

    11,700 miles by dog, ski and sea

    This is my column for the Sunday, April 21, 2013 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. You can read more about Amy and Dave Freeman’s adventures here. I’ve posted some photos of their expedition below the jump. 11,700 miles by dog, ski and seaBy Aaron J. Brown Anyone who’s ever paddled a kayak or strapped…

  • Too ‘Minnesota Nice’ to Brag

    Too ‘Minnesota Nice’ to Brag

    This is my Sunday column for the April 14, 2013 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. A version of this piece aired on yesterday’s episode of “Between You and Me” on Northern Community Radio. Too Minnesota Nice to BragBy Aaron J. Brown You never know what you’ll see when a “list post” circulates on the…

  • Taft for our times

    This is my Sunday column for the April 7, 2013 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. “Taft 2012: A Novel” by Jason Heller was clearly packaged to fuel the zeitgeist of last year’s election, spoofing targets from the media, to the tea party, modern politics and obesity in general. I read the book just recently,…

  • Getting to the bottom of the yoga ‘pants’emonium

    Getting to the bottom of the yoga ‘pants’emonium

    This is my Sunday column for the March 31, 2013 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. Getting to the bottom of the yoga ‘pants’emoniumBy Aaron J. Brown Allow me to state my qualifications to talk about yoga pants. I’ve done yoga a couple times on my Nintendo Wii. I really enjoy how yoga pants look…

  • March madness? Already there

    March madness? Already there

    This is my Sunday column for the March 24, 2013 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. March madness? Already thereBy Aaron J. Brown St. Urho’s Day and St. Patrick’s Day have passed us by, two stripes – one purple and one green – on a slushy brown highway winding into the dark and foggy moor…

  • Following the papal trail

    Following the papal trail

    This is my weekly column for the Saturday, March 16, 2013 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. I’m told it’s running a day early this week so the paper can fit the rest of it’s annual edition material into the Sunday edition. So, happy Saturday! Following the papal trailBy Aaron J. Brown First, congratulations to…

  • Sled by example

    Sled by example

    This is my Sunday column for the March 10, 2013 Hibbing Daily Tribune. Fitting that a sledding column would follow last week’s lamentation of the Minnesota spring. We’re still winter-bound. Sled by exampleBy Aaron J. Brown Old Hollywood movies provide show us how far we’ve come. In classic films of the early 20th Century, people…

  • It’s the Minnesota spring that gets you, not winter

    It’s the Minnesota spring that gets you, not winter

    This is my Sunday column for the March 3, 2013 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. It’s the Minnesota spring that gets you, not winterBy Aaron J. Brown It’s March. I think all the snowbirds are gone by now. So let’s speak freely, shall we? I don’t mind that people head south for the winter.…

  • ‘Prairie Silence’ rings true across flatlands, woods or city

    ‘Prairie Silence’ rings true across flatlands, woods or city

    This is my Sunday column for the Feb. 24, 2013 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. I previewed this column with some additional thoughts last Monday. ‘Prairie Silence’ rings true across flatlands, woods or cityBy Aaron J. Brown Having grown up shadowed by the trees and modified hills of northern Minnesota’s Iron Range, I admit…

  • ‘Lincoln’: An ode to gradual change

    ‘Lincoln’: An ode to gradual change

    This is my Sunday column for the Feb. 17, 2013 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. A version of this piece aired Saturday on KAXE‘s Between You and Me. The Academy Awards ceremony is tonight. ‘Lincoln”: An ode to gradual changeBy Aaron J. Brown Early in “Team of Rivals,” Doris Kearns Goodwin’s book about President…

  • Romancing the Range

    Romancing the Range

    This is my Sunday column for the Feb. 10, 2013 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. A version of this piece aired on Saturday’s “Between You and Me” program on Northern Community Radio. Romancing the RangeBy Aaron J. Brown Life boils down to moments of consequence. With Valentine’s Day approaching (it’s this Thursday, for those…