The coming year marks the 30th anniversary of the state of Alaska’s attempt to control world salmon markets by banning fish farming in the 49th state. It would seem an appropriate time […]
The failed ban
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Olden days
The difference between hunting for your dinner and shopping for it is writ in the reminder of how easy life in the modern Western world. It is so easy most just take […]
Good-bye love
Journalism as those over 30 have known it might not be dead yet, but it is on its death bed. Anyone who has any doubts needs to get out of his or […]
Yes casino, no casino
The Alaska Department of Law can’t seem to make up its mind on whether the 49th state should favor or oppose the opening of a Native-owned casino near Anchorage, but city Mayor […]
Let it snow
When the snow falls early and sticks in Siberia, the polar vortex shudders, and the effects are felt across the northern hemisphere. Or so says MIT’s Judah Cohen at Atmospheric and Environmental […]
Peace on drugs
End of the trail, the Iditarod finish line in Nome/NPS photo The doping manual for the 2020 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is now out. Gone is the “strict liability” rule that […]
Forgotten dangers
While much of the world worries about the creeping consequences of global warming, a group of scientists from the National Center for Atmospheric Research, the Federation of American Scientists and a collection […]
Doomsday
Despite The Nation magazine this month suggesting Alaska salmon in peril, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game says consumers need not worry about eating wild-caught fish from the 49th state. Salmon […]
Rape month
This is rape month in the rape state where men pose more of a threat to women than in any other. “Since 2014, October has, on average, the highest number of rape […]
Losing battle
In this post-truth world, media “fact-checking” of so many things might well be a waste of time, the director of technology, media and communications specialization at Columbia University’s School of International and Public […]
