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Aaron J. Brown

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Minnesota Brown: Anzelc introduces bill demanding IRRRB loan transparency

By Aaron J. Brown | 01/24/12
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Minnesota Brown: Time to delve into '12

By Aaron J. Brown | 01/02/12
The pathway was clogged with skunks. I hate skunks. Warm winters bring out the skunks. So I guess I hate warm winters, too. I was deep in the tamarack marsh known as the Sax/Zim peat bog.
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Minnesota Brown: Reasons to be mindful about mining's future

By Aaron J. Brown | 12/12/11
All fate is geology. The rocks tell us who we are and what we will become. Here in northern Minnesota we are the sons and daughters of iron mining. We came here for the rocks and when our hands clawed the rock we changed ourselves.
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Minnesota Brown: Don’t rest on divides; climb past them

By Aaron J. Brown | 11/14/11
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.
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Minnesota Brown: Small towns define American experience

By Aaron J. Brown | 06/08/11
Small towns and tucked-away regions like the Range offer something unlike the traditional, increasingly homogenized American experience. The richness of people's stories may be traced generations, adding meaning beyond the here and now.
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Minnesota Brown: Dear viewer, please be angry about gas prices ...

By Aaron J. Brown | 04/26/11
We learn that gas prices are straining the economy and President Obama's re-election chances, two things influenced by myriad other issues as well.
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Minnesota Brown: Duluth feels sting of Google's slight

By Aaron J. Brown | 03/31/11
This is a disappointing day on one hand, but on the other the quick mobilization of new ideas for the Google Twin Ports project shows that such energy exists and can be harnessed for the future.
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Minnesota Brown: Who will challenge Cravaack in 2012?

By Aaron J. Brown | 03/11/11
Generally, however, it would be fair to say that there is no DFL front runner, nor has the field closed off to potential new candidates.
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Minnesota Brown: Asia expands influence over Iron Range economy

By Aaron J. Brown | 03/02/11
Whether it's iron, grain or now airplanes, it's interesting to see how China, India and other emerging nations are shaping the future of northern Minnesota's economy.
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Minnesota Brown: There are good blogs outside the Twin Cities, too

By Aaron J. Brown | 12/30/10
I'm biased, but it's important for people outside the population centers of this country to get involved on the internet and demand attention for issues important to our communities.