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 […]
Black gold decline
Hormonal dangers
UPDATE: Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz has resigned. He issued a statement citing “unacceptable personal conduct” as the reason. The nature of that conduct remains undefined. While Duane Ose, the 78-year-old […]
Relevance
The campaign of Dr. Al Gross is spending tens of thousands of dollars – if not hundreds of thousands – to convince Alaskans that what is important for anyone representing the 49th […]
Bear doctoring
What killing a bruin has to do with getting things done for your state in the U.S. Senate is hard to say, but candidate Dr. Al Gross is campaigning as “Bear Doctor” […]
Perfect storm?
World events no one saw coming are taking the shine off the season when Alaska traditionally begins the steady, uplifting transition from the long, cold dark of winter into the season of […]
Get gone!
If Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy is reading the New Yorker, he must now realize it’s time to resign, quit, thrown in the towel, run for […]
In our genes
With the U.S. more bitterly divided than any time since the Vietnam War, is it better or worse to know that archeologists digging in northern Spain have concluded that the divisive […]
Save the planet
So you really want to do something to help slow global warming? Well, here’s something easy: Ditch your social media and your internet-connected toys and appliances. All of it and all […]
Economic divisions
No one involved with the split between the Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) and Alaska’s most profitable company – Arctic Slope Regional Corp. (ASRC) – is publicly saying much of anything of […]
Impeachment gauge
The results are in, and they show what Americans really care about: the head-bashing business of professional football. “Sunday Night Football (on NBC) delivered 15.78 million viewers in the fast nationals […]
