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COLUMN: ‘Peddler from the Range’ leaves great mark, complicated legacy
This is my Sunday column for the Dec. 4, 2011 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. On the same page of the newspaper my old neighbor from town days wrote a more detailed account of Paulucci’s history. ‘Peddler from the Range’ leaves great mark, complicated legacyBy Aaron J. Brown Early Thanksgiving 2011 Jeno Paulucci passed…
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COLUMN: Holiday season inspires potpourri
This is my Sunday column for the Nov. 27, 2011 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. Holiday season inspires potpourriBy Aaron J. Brown On the game show “Jeopardy” you sometimes see the category “Potpourri.” This is high-class way for intelligent people to say, “We don’t know where this stuff should go.” In rummage sale ads…
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COLUMN: Thanks, no thanks, for Black Friday midnight madness
This is my Sunday column for the Nov. 20, 2011 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. Thanks, no thanks, for Black Friday midnight madnessBy Aaron J. Brown Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday because big shots haven’t figured out how to “monetize” the whole thing yet. Sure, it’s a big day for turkey farmers or cranberry…
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COLUMN: Don’t rest on divides; climb past them
This is my Sunday column for the Nov. 13, 2011 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. I’ll be discussing this and other Iron Range news, including mining project updates (hot hot!), on 91.7 KAXE’s Morning Show at 7:20 a.m. Monday. Listen live or pick up the archive later at www.kaxe.org. Don’t rest on divides; climb…
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COLUMN: The lost causes are not lost forever
This is my Sunday column for the Nov. 6, 2011 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. It’s an expanded version of the “Mr. Smith” essay I shared yesterday on KAXE’s “Between You and Me.” The lost causes are not lost foreverBy Aaron J. Brown In 1939 Frank Capra directed Jimmy Stewart and Jean Arthur in…
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COLUMN: Every season, a new world
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COLUMN: A dirty job done well
This is my Sunday column for the Oct. 23, 2011 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. This is expanded from a broadcast piece I wrote for KAXE last year. A dirty job done wellBy Aaron J. Brown We are a nation of workers, productive workers, innovative workers who can complete almost any task while maintaining…
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COLUMN: Detroit state of mind
This is my Sunday column for the Oct. 16, 2011 Hibbing Daily Tribune. I wrote it before the Tigers lost to the Texas Rangers yesterday, but what can you do? Detroit state of mindBy Aaron J. Brown With the dismal conclusion to the Minnesota Twins baseball season, coupled with the dismal beginning of the Minnesota…
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COLUMN: Blazing new trails for Northern Minnesota’s future
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COLUMN: A Great Northern radio dream come true
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COLUMNS: Fly with the birds
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COLUMN: Nap supply never matches nap demand
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. A shorter version of this piece was broadcast Saturday on KAXE’s “Between You and Me” program. Nap supply never matches nap demandBy Aaron J. Brown My boys are entering that early educational stage where the phased withdrawal of…
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COLUMN: Ten years, worse for wear
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COLUMN: My cougar town script is a cat-astrophy
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COLUMN: School days are here again (Whoopee!)
