No ‘peace on earth, goodwill to all’ Comes now that holiday season when so many will be walking on eggshells at family gatherings in an angry nation. Credit, in part, a political […]
The Angry American
Rundown
Two weeks ago, 61-year-old Fairbanks cyclist Janice Onorato was rammed by a car while riding along the Steese Highway north of the Central Alaska city. Why Alaska State Troopers, who responded […]
Life in Anchorage
No Safe Space Seventy-nine-year-old Gladys Graf did everything right on her late-morning walk in Anchorage’s Midtown on Monday, and then she died. Anchorage Police say that before crossing busy Benson Boulevard at […]
Zoom Zombie
The ‘accident’ just waiting to happen The highway as home studio If you have any questions about why American roads have become increasingly dangerous, let ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit and […]
Dog down
Man killed in Anchorage crosswalk A dog strayed into Anchorage Midtown traffic early Tuesday and paid the price with its life. Fifty-three-year-old Evan Larson Jr. went to the dog and was hit […]
Road kill 3
The enablers Part 3 of a three-part series As if road deaths in U.S. could be made funny, artist Woodrow Phoenix once sketched a comic book titled “Crash Course: If You Want […]
Road kill 2
Me, me, me killers Part 2 of a three-part series With tens of thousands of people dying on American roads every year, the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety in 2023 polled drivers […]
The perpetrators
Who is responsible for pedestrian death record? With Anchorage having set a new record for killing pedestrians on its streets, and more than a few motorists happy to blame it on the […]
Cost of convenience
To speed us on our way, we kill people In a month when the deaths of vulnerable road users are normally in decline in Alaska’s largest city, a motor vehicle has struck […]
Unnoticed devolution
Curse of the machines LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – Almost from the moment of arrival at Heathrow Airport on the outskirts of this teeming European metropolis, you are confronted by the machines steadily […]
