News analysis A Danish study of masking branded as “controversial” long before it saw the light of day finally emerged in print on Wednesday only to add to the confusion over […]
Masked and unmasked
Sick nation
As a child of post-war America, I grew up witness to the growth of a nation of largesse writ large. Nature is now making us pay the price. Nowhere has the SARS-CoV-2 […]
Science struggles
The integrity of science is suffering as scientists rush to save the world from the pandemic driven by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Or so say scientists from Switzerland and Slovenia who examined the […]
A fumbled pitch
Make Alaska Great Again One of the most misguided political campaigns in Alaska state history was drawing to a close today with Dr. Al Gross still holding out hope for a miracle […]
The optimist
As of today – with Dr. Al Gross trailing incumbent Alaska Republic Sen. Dan Sullivan by 61,000 votes to 119,000 votes – the independent candidate needs to win about three out of […]
Two Americas
Americans awoke today to a nation every bit as divided, maybe more so, than before a Tuesday national election billed as monumental. The “basket of deplorables” – as failed, 2016 Democrat candidate […]
Racing COVID
Swedish epidemiologist Anders Tegnell months ago warned that the battle against the pandemic is a “marathon, not a sprint,” and his words should resonate for everyone in Anchorage now. Alaska used the […]
Endemic
When, oh, when are political leaders going to accept that the latest pandemic is over, and what we are all dealing with today is a new and sometimes deadly endemic disease different […]
Pandemic pitfalls
If you have any doubts that the pandemic is driving people nuts, take a look at the mess journalist Jeffrey Toobin has whipped up. Sorry, bad phrasing there. You really don’t want […]
Black gold decline
Sixty-three years ago, oil made Alaska. Now, as global markets retract, the time appears to be approaching to wonder if oil will unmake the 49th state. Ignore the millions of dollars being […]
