In these days of make culture-war not any sort of peace, Sarah Palin, the former governor for all pit bulls, might well be the best Alaskan to fill the now vacant seat […]
Pure entertainment
Lost in the trees
Mainstream East Coast media have finally discovered that scientists from around the Pacific Rim are trying to sort out the secret lives of salmon at sea in hopes of unraveling what has […]
Iditahell
UPDATE (May 12, 2022): The Iditarod Trail Committee today revealed it has modified the penalities imposed on mushers Michelle Phillips and Mille Porsild, restored them to their positions in the finishing order […]
Alaska’s overlords
The Seattle-based salmon processors that have for decades pulled the strings on the fishing business in Alaska have turned their propaganda machine on high to now promote the idea that hatcheries are […]
The great race
As the leaders in Alaska’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Sunday pushed their teams hard along the Bering Sea Coast toward the Nome finish line for the self-proclaimed ”Last Great […]
Alaska’s crime
Anyone who has bought into the widely reported idea that the problems of rural Alaska are rooted in a lack of law enforcement needs to take a look at a new study […]
Death stalks us all
On a purely statistical basis, I should be dead by now. It’s something I try to keep in mind while reporting on the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Average life expectancy at my birth in […]
Not fit to print
Journalists in Alaska’s largest city can now thank Nome’s Nate Perkins for doing their job for them. He was the first to identify 23-year-old Tyler Haroldson as the pilot who crashed his […]
The Adapters
The latest “Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation” on how to deal with climate change is out, and the operative word is “adaptation.” Noticeably missing are words […]
Common political ground
In celebration of near unanimity among American politicians of all stripes, let us today note how promises of “open government” proclaimed by political candidates right and left die once they are elected. […]
