What is it in Alaska today? With the Great White Father and his co-conspirators in the faraway capital of these UnUnited States accused of trying to destroy the Alaska way of life, […]
Way of life
Journalism 2024
All the news that’s fit to print The big Alaska news lighting up the internet over the Memorial Day holiday came from Denali National Park and Preserve, and it was arguably good […]
The optimist
As of today – with Dr. Al Gross trailing incumbent Alaska Republic Sen. Dan Sullivan by 61,000 votes to 119,000 votes – the independent candidate needs to win about three out of […]
Bear doctoring
What killing a bruin has to do with getting things done for your state in the U.S. Senate is hard to say, but candidate Dr. Al Gross is campaigning as “Bear Doctor” […]
Lessons learned
A news analysis Five quick takeaways from the 2018 Alaska election: Number one: Two Alaskas The rural-urban divide is bigger than ever in the 49th state, but the idea that a statewide […]
Tokyo goes; LNG woes
Scratch Tokyo Gas as one of the candidates for the purchase of Alaska North Slope LNG. A variety of sources are reporting the company, a major Japanese importer of liquified natural […]
Credit due
As a role model, President Donald Trump might now rank the most successful man ever to occupy the White House. More and more Americans become like him every day, and if one […]
Shrinking news
UPDATE: This story has been updated to include the reported departure of high-profile KTVA commentator John Tracy. KTVA 11 news – “The Voice of Alaska” – is reportedly losing one of […]
AK losing ANWR $
This story has been updated to reflect Rep. Don Young’s role. The 49th state’s share of anticipated revenues from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) is on the verge of being slashed […]
Devolution
Commentary On the day the Women’s March hit Alaska, a 49th-state journalist popped a photo of demonstrators up on Instagram with this description: “We hate Donald Trump up North too.” In the […]
