Part 2 of 2/Commentary One harsh and inescapable rule governs nature: the strong kill the weak. The killing almost never takes places neatly or pleasantly. Usually, but not always, it is done […]
Saved by a warmer Arctic?
New Age of Mythology
Commentary As an internet powered by what are supposedly legitimate news organizations populates itself with half-truths and whole lies, one cannot help but wonder if the U.S. is entering a New Age […]
It’s a fraud
The story now sweeping the country about a moose born in the parking lot of an Anchorage Lowe’s store is a fraud, according to an employee of the Lowe’s store, and a […]
Global warming, oh no!
If you thought May in Alaska’s largest city was almost too good to be true, you were right. The official report from the National Weather Service is now in, and it ranks […]
Beautiful evening disaster
The woman killed by a semi-truck along the Seward Highway Tuesday evening was a former Minnesotan and lover of Alaska who took great joy in posting photos of her adopted state on […]
Asking for trouble
Commentary Does any of this sound familiar? “A moose on the rampage attacked two women walking with their dogs, injuring both severely. (The people, not the dogs. Grammar is in trouble […]
Moose on rampage
Don’t panic Anchorage. The moose in the city’s most popular urban park have not declared war on their human neighbors. The Big Wild Life has not spun out of control. What at […]
Catch, release, kill fish
Part 1 of 2 If you believe the science, somewhere around 4.8 million sockeye salmon were likely caught and released in Bristol Bay last year and half them died before spawning. That’s […]
One mistake = death
On a slope where if you fall you die, Czech mountaineer Pavel Michut met his end on Friday. The 45-year-old from the village of Hutisko Solanec fell to his death, the National […]
