Commentary Dexter is safe, and it’s time for someone to ask the obvious: “What the hell just happened here? Was this news or a distraction from news?” Dexter, in case you […]
Nothing news
Old fogies
News analysis Alaska appears to be weathering its current recession much better than the big crash of the 1980s, according to the latest figures from the state Department of Labor, but […]
Problem solved
Commentary Under attack from four-time Iditarod champ Dallas Seavey, who was found to have four doped dogs in his team this year, the once-fan-friendly Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race has apparently given […]
Prelude to war
A news analysis The mayor of Kenai, Alaska is “extremely disappointed” with the Alaska Board of Fisheries, and the mayor of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough less than pleased but “satisfied” with the Board’s big […]
Reality check
Commentary This story was updated on Oct. 24, 2017 Can you believe a bunch of evil, animal-rights activists were sitting around in the PETA headquarters in LA in January plotting how to […]
Urine science
News analysis Do the dominate mushers in Alaska’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race know more about the 1,000-mile, ultramarathon’s first, high-profile, sled-dog doping case than has been publicly revealed? The question has […]
Last Great Mess
When the guilty go unnamed, everyone becomes guilty, and so it is the mushers in Alaska’s biggest sporting event have become a bunch of dopers. Thank the Iditarod Trail Committee, which this […]
Norway not
Commentary Norway’s version of the Alaska Permanent Fund hit the $1 trillion mark this week. That’s $1,000 billion, or about 16 times the $61.2 billion the state of Alaska is […]
Reporting matters
Commentary In one short post at craigmedred.news, Pete Snow raises an interesting point everybody seems to be missing in the discussion of these times about journalism bad, good and dying. “Craig, […]
Prestidigitabias
Commentary In these times, when Americans daily parse the media for any sign of political bias, it is hard to know what to make of the Alaska Dispatch News headlining “Ben Stevens, […]
