The lawsuit pitting former Alaska Dispatch editor Tony Hopfinger against former ADN owner Alice Rogoff stylized into a fairy tale and reduced to 500 words for those who haven’t been following the […]
A castle tragedy
Saving journalism?
The Canadians have come up with a uniquely Canadian way to save journalism: Let government do it.
Who to trust?
In a divided country with views on almost everything colored by political leanings right or left, it’s time to seriously ponder whether U.S. journalists lived a decades-long delusion of objectivity into […]
The evil vote
Alaska voters appear headed to the polls today to make a choice between Satan and The Devil as their next governor. Or so one might fairly conclude after driving around the state […]
Clean fish
News analysis The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) was out this week with an ominous warning about the disappearance of global fish and wildlife, and the huge volumes of plastic in the […]
Best of times
PLACER RIVER WETLANDS – Strange are the passions that survive the passing of the years. The weather here on Sunday was Alaska at her best worst, a 33-degree, north wind sometimes gusting […]
Less fish = more?
Backed by the desire to protect wild salmon, the Kenai River Sportfishing Association continues to push the Alaska Board of Fisheries toward a thorough examination of Prince William Sound salmon hatcheries, but […]
Rage war
Anger has become the currency of social media. This is not something new. Scientists at Beihang University in China identified and then documented the phenomenon on Weibo, a Chinese version of Twitter, a […]
Hidden story
One thing nearly all politicians share in common is this: They’re all about transparency until it’s time to be transparent. Here was Alaska Gov. Bill Walker four years ago in his […]
American grievance
Who and what are you? C’mon, it’s the question of the day, isn’t it? Who are you and what aggrieved group does that place you in? Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has gone […]
