While U.S. House Democrats were in April of this year lobbying to have labor unions officially listed as entities qualifying for funds from the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) intended to provide […]
Collecting cash
How we die
Before COVID-19 changed the world as we knew it six months back, a man named Tom Rach – most likely unknown to anyone reading this – was preparing to attend his 50th […]
Goin’ crazy
Few know better the dangers of enforced isolation than old-time Alaskans. Tales of “cabin fever” among those locked into the wilderness by the onset of winter are the stuff of legend in […]
The doomists
UPDATE: This story was updated on Aug. 21 to reflect the falling infection fatality rate in England When Italian Dr. Matteo Bassetti, the head of the infectious diseases clinic at the San […]
The divide
Alaska officials are suing the federal government to protect a majority of hunters from a minority of hunters in the state with the whackiest public lands issues in the country. The minority […]
Safe, safer, safest…
Stories about a Duke University examination of which face coverings do the best job of stopping our normal, every day, respiratory spray of spittle are everywhere in the news now, but unfortunately […]
No sacrifices
If you visit a national park in the U.S., do not abandon your hiking companion or companions to a bear to save yourself. That is the rather odd advice now being offered […]
Limits of science
As the search for the magic bullet that will stop the SARS-CoV-2 virus continues and the global death toll from COVID-19 climbs ever upward, it’s time to talk science. The good news […]
Grisly death
Alaska State Troopers say a hiker killed by a bear on the Kenai Peninsula earlier this week was so badly mauled that they are waiting on autopsy results to officially confirm his […]
Richest no more
The Bristol Bay Borough is now gone from the list of the richest communities in the U.S. even if the Sunday news roll on the United Kingdom version of Yahoo Finance was […]
