King salmon going down as pinks go up An eight- to nine-fold increase in Prince William Sound pink salmon now credited to the open-ocean farming of the North Pacific Ocean has […]
Losers vs winners
Talking safety
Realities versus distractions Why is it Americans appear as horrible at risk assessment as they are susceptible to manipulation by “influencers,” as those who now pull big numbers of “followers” on social […]
The know-it-all problem
News as propaganda kills trust Sometimes it is hard to tell whether scientists or journalists are most responsible for the pervasive global warming skepticism in the world’s largest and most powerful […]
Know-nothing journalism
Credibility dies in a field of little mistakes This is why it is painful to read what passes for news today: “Pink salmon get their nickname from their propensity […]
Bad good deeds
And the power of government status On May 20 of this year, Clifford Walters – a well-meaning, 78-year-old Hawaiian tourist visiting Yellowstone National Park – tried to save a bison calf. The […]
Safe space
An economic opportunity for Alaska If Americans fearful of climate change are now truly fleeing the warm states for places like Duluth, Minn., as national and international media are reporting, Anchorage […]
The great hypocrisy
There is today one simple action journalists could pursue to improve their credibility, one very simple act. STOP TRYING TO SELL THE IDEA JOURNALISTS ARE SMARTER THAN ANYONE AND EVERYONE ELSE. Just […]
The propagandist
The woman who filled the roll of “fisheries reporter” for Alaska’s largest newspaper for years has retired with an admission of what was obvious to fishery-educated readers a long-time ago: She was […]
Rage fuel
Researchers from Yale University went exploring in the Twitter sewer and guess what they found? Voracious Twitterati fed by their fans. Think of the relationship between restaurant waste and the sewer rats […]
Maj. Major
The Anchorage Police Department’s sometimes apparently fictitious Facebook feature – What Not To Do Wednesday (WNTDW) – has been shut down apparently due to the efforts of a woman who works for […]
