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‘Overburden’ tour explores northern edge of the Iron Range
Below is the press release for my Tuesday night lecture and book signing at Vermilion Community College. Ely by starlight makes for a great evening. Stop on by! November 18, 2008Press ReleaseFor Immediate Release Aaron Brown, Author of Overburden: Modern Life on the Iron Range, to speak at Vermilion Community College on Tuesday, November 25…
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Red and Blue history
You’ve probably got an image of the map of red and blue states (ie: Republican and Democratic electoral vote results) in your head from the last three U.S. Presidential elections. But this site, which I found through my favorite electoral vote tracking site Electoral-Vote.com, shows the history of the electoral vote map going back to…
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Same now as it ever was
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008 Hibbing Daily Tribune. Same now as it ever wasBy Aaron J. BrownMost people know the political tradition here on the Iron Range: Independent, but generally Democratic, and heavily influenced by the past and present labor movement. Sadly, it’s almost impossible to talk about politics…
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We must never speak of this again
I’m finding very little to write about this weekend, other than “mmm, food!” and “mmm, beer!” which is a tad overwrought this long holiday weekend. So I’ll spread some link love. MinnPost has created a three part series entitled “150 Minnesota Moments We’d Like to Forget” highlighting some of the state’s low times. It’s amusing…
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City Pages reports on Iron Range past, present
I’m not sure what drew them to us, but City Pages — the Twin Cities’ alt weekly — profiles a snippet of Iron Range history and provides a surprisingly detailed look at new nonferrous mineral mining technology on the East Range in this week’s web edition. The history portion in particular puts a bit of…
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Highway 63 Revisited
They say the Iron Range is entering a modern age, a time of renaissance and progress and probably even fancier words that will be invented when the new noun factory opens just outside Buhl. I have seen proof that this is true but it has nothing to do with our impending new steel plant or…