When the history of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is written years from now, one of the most notable consequences might prove to be the damage done to science by scientists or those who […]
Killing science
Lost in the trees
Mainstream East Coast media have finally discovered that scientists from around the Pacific Rim are trying to sort out the secret lives of salmon at sea in hopes of unraveling what has […]
Amateur experts
The New York Times, a journal pretty much out of its element anywhere west of the headwaters of the Ohio River, is now pitching advice on “how to survive a bear attack.” […]
Getting it right
Nome Nugget reporter Julie Lerner deserves a journalism award for digging down into a sketchy claim of a bear attack on the Seward Peninsula earlier this month, but you can pretty […]
‘The unRevenant’ attack
Grizzly bears do not intentionally practice catch and release mauling, but don’t tell this to the New York Times. Once the pillar of U.S. journalism, the Times last week reported an unidentified […]
Protect yourself
If you are not by this time on a fitness kick, you’re being foolish. Why? One hyphenated word: COVID-19. Study after study after study is pointing to cardiometabolic fitness as your best, […]
Speed kills
With Alaska’s largest newspaper about to publish a scandalous story accusing 52-year-old Andy Teuber of sexual harassment at the start of March, the former president of the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium […]
Iditarod, take two
If Alaska’s largest newspaper is to be believed, you can now add the so-called “Last Great Race” to the filmed events of which you must ask “is it real or is it […]
Dangerous air
News analysis A year into the deadliest pandemic of the Digital Age, the U.S. government is finally being pressured to accept what has appeared obvious for a long time: SARS-CoV-2, the virus […]
The journo divide
Just when you think the American journalism trainwreck can’t get any messier, a New York Times writer breaks all the rules for newspaper departures and sets fire to every bridge behind her. […]
