News analysis A national survey of American gun owners conducted by a business professor at liberal Georgetown University is suggesting that the oft-repeated conclusion that a firearm makes your home more dangerous […]
Armed and safer
The downtrodden
SMITHERS, B.C., Canada – Life ain’t fair. Driving through Canada listening to the CBC, that nation’s public radio network, you get an ear full of just how unfair. The stories of those […]
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 […]
The best welfare
If you were lucky enough to have a high-paying job and some status within your community when the pandemic began, thank your lucky stars. Your elevated socioeconomic status might have done […]
Hyenas are us
On a social level, some new research suggests hyenas have a lot in common with humans: Who you know turns out to matter as much, or often more, than what you […]
Forgotten tribe
Once again, an Alaska leader is in a battle with federal officialdom more than 3,000 miles away on the opposite coast of the North American continent. This time it is Gov. Mike […]
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: […]
SES who?
News analysis Almost 100 years ago in a now little read short story titled “The Rich Boy,” the late American author F. Scott Fitzgerald observed that the rich “are different from you […]
Alaskaland entry fee
A cash-strapped state of Alaska long looking for a way to make a buck off non-resident workers and tourists might turn its attention to France which is about to impose an “eco-tax” […]
American grievance
Who and what are you? C’mon, it’s the question of the day, isn’t it? Who are you and what aggrieved group does that place you in? Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has gone […]
