Angry that the Alaska Board of Fisheries no longer follows the dictates of Cook Inlet commercial fishermen and that federal authorities have refused to seize control of the management Inlet salmon, the […]
Reload & attack
Headin’ south
The exodus from Alaska continues; the long-running recession lingers; and Anchorage witnessed the biggest growth in new residential construction in five years. Go figure. State Labor Department economist Neal Fried said he doesn’t […]
Ice age trigger?
First it was Russian scientists suggesting a ripple in the earth’s crust driven by massive earthquakes in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska could trigger methane releases to accelerate global warming in […]
Twas Xmas 2020
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the land, Hardly a person was traveling, though many had planned. Still stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes St. Nicholas […]
The narrative
If you’re a regular reader of the mainstream media, you likely believe Sweden is struggling worse than the rest of the world with the pandemic because of its democratic approach to non-pharmaceutical […]
Disease targets
With a reportedly effective vaccine for COVID-19 promising to help torpedo the largest pandemic in 100 years, is America’s biggest health problem soon to be ignored once again? But first another question: […]
Goodbye Duane
The saga of Ose Mountain appears to be over. All indications are that the 78-year-old Duane Ose has left the state and given up on his attempt to reclaim the remote Alaska […]
How fears die
With a range from the tropics to the poles both north and south, and an ever-growing population, homo sapiens have demonstrated themselves the most adaptable, four-limbed species on planet Earth, and the […]
COVID-19 refuge
Alaska might have ignored the opportunity to make lemonade of the COVID-19 lemon, but elsewhere others have gone looking for opportunities in the deadly pandemic driving death and fear around the globe. […]
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 […]
