Alaska Sen. David Wilson says he has met with the reporter he allegedly slapped earlier this week, and they have patched things up. After the Thursday meeting in his Juneau office, Wilson […]
Slap talks
Time to stand up
Commentary If journalists are truly concerned about “fake news” or “false news,” there is a simple solution. Call out the people doing shoddy journalism and explain why readers should be concerned as […]
Trust no one
One of the biggest stories in the news this weekend was a Washington Post report that the Russian government was behind a lot of “fake news” in the run up to U.S. […]
Withering Alaska news?
The statewide news you get in Alaska – particularly hourly radio updates – might be about to take a hit. How big a hit? No one knows. How important a hit? […]
Play nice, children!
“I disapprove of what you say, and I have a backend algorithm that will fix that!” Voltaire/2016 OK, so Voltaire actually said something ever-so-slightly different, but he might have put it this […]
Perfect place for terrorists
President Barack Obama has a problem, and his newfound friend from last summer — Alaska Gov. Bill Walker — just might have the perfect solution. Imagine a Republican-turned-Independent governor coming to the […]
What did the governor buy?
Two months before it was first publicly revealed that Washington, D.C. lobbyist Jack Ferguson, a former aide to Sen. Ted Stevens and Rep. Don Young, had been hired by Gov. Bill Walker to […]
Alaska’s biggest problem
Trust is a precious commodity. Once lost, it is difficult, often impossible, to regain. Friendships, marriages and business partnerships die when trust disappears. Many among the 40 to 50 percent of Americans […]
What Good Is The News?
On Facebook this morning, Norma Delia — a woman who spent a good part of her life living remote in the tiny, way-off-the-road community of Skwenta with plenty of time to think […]
