The traditional, subsistence lifestyle in Alaska is now so far gone that it is hard to live it on an income of $155,000 per year, according to the Washington Post. No, I […]
The new Alaska
Whose fish?
Alaska salmon management under fire A law-school student now clerking for an Alaska judge has penned the outline for a Constitutional challenge to the way Alaska has for decades managed its salmon […]
The big lie
Outside help AK Dems don’t need What, in God’s name, are Democrats thinking in trying to tie Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, to trawler bycatch that has absolutely nothing to do with the […]
Failing success
The downside of salmon factories The time has come for Alaskans to accept the reality that a state-backed program began in the 1970 to use salmon hatcheries to farm the sea was […]
Cheap labor
Alaska’s ‘Wild’ Product of Asia A news analysis With President Donald Trump reguarly ordering or threatening new tariffs to balance the country’s nearly $300 billion trade deficit with China, the Alaska Seafood […]
Unseen disaster
AK’s economic mismanagement of salmon Part I of II Sixty-six years ago, the political leaders of the newly formed state of Alaska banned fish traps for the harvest of salmon in the […]
All the risks
None of the rewards Russian President Vladimir Putin, the wannabe King of the Arctic, is falling short on his vision of turning his country’s Northern Sea Route into a legitimate alternative to […]
Economic consequences
Russian fish replacing Alaska’s in China (This story was updated on May 29, 2023 to reflect that Russia plans to make the ice-choked Northern Sea Route a year-round shipping corridor starting […]
Iditarod rising
Two women made famous the ‘Last Great Race’ Part II of III Any history of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Races is most accurately recorded in the years BR and AR – […]
Alaska’s crime
Anyone who has bought into the widely reported idea that the problems of rural Alaska are rooted in a lack of law enforcement needs to take a look at a new study […]
