Countdown to a disaster request begins The commercial season for pink salmon is done in Prince William Sound with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game reporting a harvest of barely […]
Welfare time?
A sick nation
That thing Americans don’t do Arguably the most important advocacy group in a country today stalked by a declining life expectancy is one little-known and almost worthless. We’re talking here about “Exercise […]
Self-inflicted deaths
The troubling U.S. death rate Americans are dying at a record rate compared to residents of other Western nations, and the U.S. medical establishment can’t seem to figure out why. JAMA […]
Salmon disaster
Hatchery failures lead the way With the commercial salmon season in the far north drawing to a close, Alaska is today on track to post the lowest, all-species harvest of the […]
Best worst times
Or worst best times? No matter what a train wreck legacy media have become in these times, the early 21st century has to be summed as the best of times and the […]
Four deadly seconds
Driver explains death of well-known Fairbanks cyclist The driver who killed 48-year-old Fairbanks cyclist Matt Glover on the Richardson Highway in October 2022 is now telling his version of what happened. […]
Predictable crash
The up-down cycle of AK salmon Alaska’s ironic commercial salmon fishing business appears to be inching ever closer to a replay of the great crash of 2020. The catch that year […]
E-visions
Do electric motors truly make everything better? The first great pandemic of the 21st Century is now winding down with nearly 1.2 million Americans reported dead, the vast majority of them […]
Retirement wasteland?
Alaska rated worst for old folk The website Bankrate has a disturbing message for Alaskans thinking about retirement, and it might most easily be summed this way: Get your money and get […]
Covid everywhere
The real threat is the next new virus Almost everyone reading this – if not everyone – has by now been infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Most got sick to lesser or […]
