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COLUMN: High speed internet can create new jobs on the Iron Range
This is my column for the Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. High speed internet would create new Range jobsBy Aaron J. Brown I write this entire column, every word of it, while I am uploading a large but not unusually large piece of video to YouTube for a statewide media…
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Dr. Oz getting Embarrass(ed) right now
I forget to mention the Embarrass Fair going on now in Embarrass, Minnesota, the lowland intersection between the Mesabi and Vermilion ranges. Right now at the Timber Hall the famous TV Dr. Oz, or at least his crew, will be at the fair filming people asking “embarrassing” medical questions. Ha ha! Embarrassed in Embarrass! The…
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Thursday = free live music on the Range! (beer, mini golf and trolley rides extra)
The free outdoor summer music series “Art in the Park” returns to the Minnesota Discovery Center in Chisholm Thursday evening. Summer is going fast! Minnesota Discovery Center announces the performers for the August 12 Art in the Park event: Fathers and Sons will open at 6 p.m., followed by BitterSweet (classic rock, rhythm and blues…
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Second Iron Range economic post for MPR’s MinnEcon blog runs today
The second installment in my “economic lookout” contributions for Minnesota Public Radio’s MinnEcon blog has been published today. You can view the full post at MPR or see the source video below. The next installment may well be entitled, “The Economy. Lookout!” Related posts: No related posts.
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BREAKING: Janezich defeats Entenza
I’m still sorting data, but here’s a fun fact: Matt Entenza’s 2010 run for governor: About 80,000 votes and 18 percent.Jerry Janezich 2000 run for U.S. Senate: About 90,000 votes and 20 percent. And who can forget the millions Jerry spent on that race! He’s been pouring lower grade whiskey at his bar ever since.…
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Dayton rides Range precincts to dramatic win
Mark Dayton defeated Margaret Anderson Kelliher in yesterday’s DFL gubernatorial primary. He’ll go on to battle Republican Tom Emmer and the Independence Party’s Tom Horner in the November general election. Dayton won this thing exactly how people thought he would, with the 8th CD and support from traditional, older DFL voters. The only drama was…
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MinnesotaBrown on KAXE talking primary, politics and the Range
I’ll be on 91.7 KAXE talking about the primary election results Wednesday morning at 7:40 or so. Listen in at 91.7 FM in northern Minnesota and streaming live at www.kaxe.org. Related posts: No related posts.
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Reinert, Gauthier advance in Duluth legislative seats
State Rep. Roger Reinert advanced easily in the open Duluth State Senate District 7 DFL primary tonight against former school board member Harry Welty. Reinert faces largely token opposition for the seat held by Mark Dayton’s running mate, Yvonne Prettner Solon. It appears former 8th CD chair Kerry Gauthier will also advance in the DFL…
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MN Primary 2010: perched atop the map
It’s primary election day in Minnesota! First, just go vote. Second, the DFL gubernatorial contest, the most competitive and highest profile race on the ballot today, should provide ample drama as it rolls to its climax. Tonight’s result will answer many questions and distribute the labels of genius and chump to all manner of people,…
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A modern Iron Range take on Tuesday’s DFL primary
Tuesday is primary day in Minnesota. The marquee match-up will be the DFL gubernatorial race, as Margaret Anderson Kelliher, Mark Dayton and Matt Entenza test all sorts of political science theories, many of which involve my native Iron Range and Minnesota’s Eighth Congressional District. The candidates all exist on this ballot for some cosmic reason,…
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Margaret Anderson Kelliher and the Range: why we need each other
Since the heady days of the 2008 primary season I’ve been gradually weaning off doing endorsements on this blog. Who cares, right? I’m just some guy and no doubt I’ve got an agenda all my own. So I’m not going to call this an endorsement, though you’re free to call it that if you want.…
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COLUMN: Now, it all seriousness
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. Now, in all seriousnessBy Aaron J. Brown Anonymous internet comments are a relatively new invention, though the core concept predates the web. In the old days, people just yelled at their TV or threw a rock wrapped in…
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Again with the jobs, jobs, jobs
What does “jobs, jobs, jobs” really mean? From the local chattering class, to state media, to everyone still running for office, the phrase, most often attributed to the Iron Range’s own Gov. Rudy Perpich, is the 2010 election Pledge of Allegiance. Those of us on the Range have heard “jobs, jobs, jobs” often before, recited…
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Coming soon: Art, politics and more
There’s a lot going on in my “normal” life but I will make a few program notes about what’s coming up here at MinnesotaBrown. Don’t forget that “Art in the Park” will fire up again at the Minnesota Discovery Center in Chisholm Thursday evening at 5 p.m. with another great collection of local musicians playing…
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This is a post about carp
So let’s say, hypothetically, that there’s this species of carp, see. It’s from Asia, see. Asian carp. And unlike regular carp, Asian carp is very aggressive, generally wiping out all other species of fish it encounters by consuming up to 40 pounds of domestic fish a day. This carp can walk great distances, swim backwards,…