Obese Americans now an overwhelming majority If you’re a regular air traveler in Alaska or even just an occasional one, as most are, you might have noticed that the people occupying the […]
Obesity redefined
Live longer
Studies offer cheap, easy prescription Want to live better and significantly increase your chances of living longer? No problem. Get up off your ass and move at every opportunity. Researchers from Australia […]
Pedestrian confusions
The pedestrians are not the killers The mayor of Alaska’s largest wants to stiffen the so-called crime of “jaywalking” in the name of saving lives, and nobody seems to have asked […]
Talking safety
Realities versus distractions Why is it Americans appear as horrible at risk assessment as they are susceptible to manipulation by “influencers,” as those who now pull big numbers of “followers” on social […]
Bike wars
Motorists enraged by city’s new bike lanes Of the wands that have sprouted along two streets in downtown Anchorage, one thing can be said for certain: Never has so much been made […]
Car-diction
Millions dead give new meaning to ‘killer traffic’ Forget for a moment the pandemic – if that is possible – and turn your attention to a very good study out of England […]
Everyday danger
Lack of consequences = dangerous roads The question of the moment is simple: “Who killed Carlton Higgins?” The Anchorage Police Department (APD) knows, but it won’t say. Why? Because APD is […]
Flailing policy
Where Anchorage bike policy went wrong With the Anchorage Assembly patting itself on the back for supposedly making Alaska’s largest city safer and friendlier for so-called “vulnerable road users,” […]
Talking safety
Anchorage’s phony new bike law On the day a well-meaning Anchorage Assembly approved a new bike ordinance claimed to make the state’s largest city safer for those who pedal, I was […]
Fleeing COVID
Can you run, walk, pedal, swim, snowshoe, ski or otherwise run away from the pandemic SARS-CoV-2 virus? A new study doesn’t promise that you can, but it does indicate you can cut […]
