If you can write, if you have a heartfelt sense of commitment to an informed society, and if you harbor a burning desire for adventure, the Atwood Chair of Journalism at the […]
Let’s make a deal
Gone global?
The assault on genetically modified salmon coming from Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and others appear to be making life difficult for the company trying to bring the fast-growing fish to market. Whether […]
School for bears
This is an open letter to the bears of Anchorage. Every bruin should read. Dear Yogi and Boo-boo: Apparently, you didn’t get the memo on home surveillance cameras. They’re now everywhere in […]
Down, down, down
Update: The possibility of a McClatchy company bankruptcy suggested here last week is now being bandied about by the mainstream media. “Newspaper Publisher McClatchy Teeters Near Bankruptcy,” Bloomberg headlined today. The story […]
Wildlife invade
Wolverines and lynx and bears, oh my! Social media in Alaska’s largest city is alive with reports of all three. Dorothy, the Tinman and Scarecrow would be positively petrified. The local newspaper […]
Warm North!
The temperature at the airport in International Falls, Minn., hit 11 degrees below zero at 5 a.m. Tuesday. It was a balmy 32 degrees in Anchorage at the same hour, and 9 […]
Bias in our eyes
Our eyes have prejudices, according to psychologists studying how we view the world. City people and country people are likely to look at the same picture and perceive different images, suggests […]
Sue ’em
A New York doctor angry about what he considers slanderous reviews on the website Yelp has filed another lawsuit aimed at silencing his critics. The only thing surprising here is that this […]
Climate refugia
This an open letter to the residents and businesses of Silicon Valley from Anchorage, Alaska, where the temperature in the Front Range Chugach Mountains today hit 50 degrees and the 49th state’s […]
Killing us slowly
While the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) was this week suggesting states make bicycle helmets mandatory – an act that has been shown to discourage cycling – the Rand Corporation was calculating that […]
