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Once more, with feeling
Maybe you heard about the Mesaba Energy Project Final Environmental Impact Statement released this week. Local newspaper readers were treated to this Bill Hanna Mesabi Daily News story in the Range’s largest newspapers. The company is still pretending like it doesn’t understand why the Administrative Law Judge’s, Public Utility Commission and even this very EIS…
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Final EIS released for Iron Range boondoggle
Today, the Minnesota Department of Commerce released the long awaited final Environmental Impact Statement for the Mesaba Energy Project, a proposed (and beleaguered) Iron Range coal power plant. (WDIO has the story). The EIS is a large and nuanced document, but my cursory reading of the nuts and bolts reveal few surprises. The project’s fundamental…
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COLUMN: "Notes from November"
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. It represents the rare “notes” column on my part, in which I invoke the spirit of an elderly weekly newspaper editor to write about all sorts of things in seemingly random order. Notes from NovemberBy Aaron J. Brown…
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Brown on the Air: LAKES!
Tune in Saturday morning for 91.7 KAXE‘s call-in/music program “Between You and Me.” My weekly contribution joins the show’s topic of “lakes.” Living in a state known for 10,000 (plus) lakes, in a relatively small county that boasts more than 1,000 lakes, and living on on of those lakes — hey, let’s just say I’m…
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COLUMN: "Ask a Stag"
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. I performed a live dramatization of this script for the Nov. 7 edition of “Between You and Me” on KAXE, Northern Community Radio. Click over to that if you have the time. (You can find it in the…
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Brown on the Air: ALL THINGS NOVEMBER
This week my contribution to the Saturday morning radio juggernaut “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE is a true experiment. Some of you, probably not many, might remember my portrayal last winter of Bambi’s dad — the Great Prince of the Forest — the mysterious stag who raised young Bambi after his mom was…
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COLUMN: "A ‘vital’ life in the ‘zone of plenty’"
The following is my weekly column for the Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. Fans of the blog might recognize part of this column that ran as a post last winter. Check it out to see an image of the Great Northern ad I talk about. A vital life in the…
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Brown on the Air: HALLOWEEN COSTUMES!
My weekly contribution to the Saturday morning KAXE call-in and music program “Between You and Me” joins the show’s topic of “Costumes,” in honor of Halloween. I’ll be exploring the strange world of children’s costumes. “Between You and Me” airs from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday. The program features the voices of northern Minnesotans…
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COLUMN: "Do It Yourself"
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. A version of this piece was featured on yesterday’s episode of “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE, which is taking part in its “Do It Yourself”-themed fall fundraiser. Join today! Do it yourselfBy Aaron J. Brown We…
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Brown on the Air: DO IT YOURSELF!
Tune in Saturday morning at 10 for KAXE‘s weekly call-in and music program “Between You and Me,” to which I contribute yet another timely and deficit neutral essay. This independent public radio station kicks off its annual fall fundraiser this weekend and the themes of the fundraiser, this show and my essay are all “Do…
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WDIO: KeeTac restart delayed
WDIO is reporting about a potential setback in the economic recovery on the Iron Range. Steelworkers suspect that the scheduled October restart of the idled U.S. Steel Keewatin Taconite plant will be postponed. It’s not known how long the delay will last, but maintenance workers are apparently winterizing the equipment. That’s not good. Unemployment continues…
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Steve Kelley: the MinnesotaBrown interview
Today we explore the Minnesota gubernatorial candidacy of Steve Kelley. My candidate series is now nearing completion. Previous posts have included (chronologically) Tom Bakk, Paul Thissen, Mark Dayton, Matt Entenza, John Marty, Susan Gaertner, Tom Rukavina and Margaret Anderson Kelliher. With St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman’s departure as an exploratory candidate, the last candidate in…
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COLUMN: "Public speaking no ‘bear’"
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. A version of this piece ran as part of the Oct. 10 edition of “Between You and Me” on KAXE. Public speaking is no ‘bear’By Aaron J. Brown As the old cliché goes people fear public speaking more…
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Brown on the Air: LAUNDRY!
Tune in to KAXE‘s “Between You and Me” this Saturday morning for a conversation about laundry, specifically stories of amusing and/or outrageous laundry shenanigans. My regular contribution will be a childhood story about a wringer remixed into a postmodern parable, as is my wont these days. Also with humor and whatnot. The show airs from…
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‘Ho, Ho, Ho’ does it feeeel?
The reviews are mixed for Bob Dylan’s new Christmas album. This is the least surprising news I’ve ever heard. Regardless of your opinion, Dylan Days 2010 in Bob’s hometown of Hibbing, Minnesota, will be held well after Christmas, May 27-30. Related posts: No related posts.