Messaging matters, and a year into the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic the only reasonable conclusion that can be drawn about the health messaging in this country is that it sucked. The U.S. per capita […]
‘It’s the , stupid’
The maverick
One of my old bosses, former Sen. Mike Gravel, died Saturday in California at the age of 91. Alaska was a good place for Gravel in the 1960s and 1970s. California […]
Moose-arrazi
The annual, post-rut congregation of bull moose has arrived in Powerline Pass above Alaska’s largest city, and with it a golden opportunity to harass the wildlife. Some simply call this “wildlife […]
Everyday smarties
Of course, pigs can fly; you can find photos of it on the internet/Wikimedia Commons Anyone who has been paying attention since the pandemic started has surely noticed that “science,” much […]
Dying journalism #634
With President Donald Trump fantasizing about the U.S. making a bid to buy Greenland, CNN is reviewing the success – Louisiana Purchase – and failure – Alaska – of past […]
Forgotten tribe
Once again, an Alaska leader is in a battle with federal officialdom more than 3,000 miles away on the opposite coast of the North American continent. This time it is Gov. Mike […]
Losing the nation
The problem with journalism is journalists, Amanda Ripley observed in an interesting and somewhat ponderous story at the Solutions Journalism Network just over a year ago. Clearly journalism paid no attention. “As […]
Killing trust
A widely reported, peer-reviewed study that concluded the Omicron variant of the Covid-19-causing, SARS-CoV-2 virus evolved through months of circulation in West Africa has been retracted, and some scientists are now […]
A fumbled pitch
Make Alaska Great Again One of the most misguided political campaigns in Alaska state history was drawing to a close today with Dr. Al Gross still holding out hope for a miracle […]
Forgotten sex
Back in a brief and long-ago stint as an assistant press secretary in Washington, D.C., a sex scandal involving then-Sen. Mike Gravel, D-Alaska, taught me an important lesson about U.S. Senate staff, […]
