They’re asking to die Leave it to a member of the Anchorage Assembly to make clear what has been deadly obvious in Alaska’s largest city for some time. And that is that […]
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Iditarod’s toughest
Leave it to a stubborn Irishman to define the spirit of the Iditraod Trail. After more than 32 days in bitter cold and high winds on the 1,000-mile trek from Knik to […]
American wreckage
The biggest issue plaguing the U.S. Imagine an automotive industry that sold cars and trucks with no recommendations as to oil changes or other servicing, so that motor vehicles would start breaking […]
Iditarod record
Expedition musher trounces the field Update: And the wealthy geezer from Norway has become the first musher in history to break the Iditarod’s eight-day barrier, though the Iditarod standings don’t report […]
Musher to watch
Iditarod’s expeditionary excitement An “even more exciting” version of the ‘Last Great Race’ left civilization Sunday on the 1,000-mile run north to Nome, or so says the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. […]
Failing success
The downside of salmon factories The time has come for Alaskans to accept the reality that a state-backed program began in the 1970 to use salmon hatcheries to farm the sea was […]
Geographic quiz
Nowhere becomes notable Scientific American has called out “Badger, Alaska” as the country’s least “walkable city.” If you’re living there and in poor health because you don’t get any exercise, blame the […]
Dreaded over-escapement
Scientific guestimating For years now, Cook Inlet commercial fishermen have been trooping before the Alaska Board of Fisheries to complain that the state is undermining the productivity of the Kenai River, the […]
Low-value lives
Killer driver’s short jail sentence Anchorage driver Bessie Binkowski avoided homicide charges for killing 63-year-old Arthur Stepetin, Jr. in August, but she will be spending four months in jail thanks to a […]
Dangerous easy lives
We are our own worst enemy When, oh when, is the American medical community going to accept the reality that this country’s biggest healthcare problem isn’t insurance or medications; it’s fitness? Americans […]
