On a day-to-day basis in Alaska, human survival sometimes still comes down to three basic factors that trace their roots back to the species’ prehistory: situational awareness, judgment and tools. About all […]
Stayin’ alive
Masked and unmasked
News analysis A Danish study of masking branded as “controversial” long before it saw the light of day finally emerged in print on Wednesday only to add to the confusion over […]
Science struggles
The integrity of science is suffering as scientists rush to save the world from the pandemic driven by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Or so say scientists from Switzerland and Slovenia who examined the […]
Saving lives
Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz has expressed his vote of no confidence in the citizens of the state’s largest city and ordered them all to start wearing masks in public places to prevent […]
Secondhand COVID
Could the SARS-CoV-2 virus become the secondhand smoke of the 2020s? Remember how smokers got kicked to the curb because of the difficulty of designing ventilation systems that kept the cigarette smoke […]
Masks unmasked
No one who reads this commentary should take it as advice to avoid wearing a face-covering in public in these days of COVID-19. But neither is it an argument for masking. True […]
Masks and guns
If you live in Alaska, there are situations in which a firearm just might save you from being mauled or killed by a grizzly bear. With the SARS-CoV-2 virus on the loose, […]
Penning COVID-19
UPDATE: This is an update version of an earlier story. With almost 64,000 Americans now reported dead as a result of the corona-virus COVID-19 and the communities surrounding Alaska’s salmon-rich Bristol Bay […]
