Alaska’s gas pipeline versus reality While delusional Alaska politicians cling to a now nearly 57-year-old fantasy of a natural gas pipeline from Prudhoe Bay to tidewater at Cook Inlet or the ice-free […]
20th Century Dreaming
The Angry American
No ‘peace on earth, goodwill to all’ Comes now that holiday season when so many will be walking on eggshells at family gatherings in an angry nation. Credit, in part, a political […]
Palin reloads
Takes 2nd shot at New York Times Long out of the national public spotlight, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is back in it as she heads to court in New York City […]
Boxed in
Conventional thinking strands AK North Slope gas The second election of Donald J. Trump as president of the United States offers Alaska an opportunity to use its stranded, North Slope natural gas […]
Pure entertainment
In these days of make culture-war not any sort of peace, Sarah Palin, the former governor for all pit bulls, might well be the best Alaskan to fill the now vacant seat […]
Bad vibes
On the day Glenn Greenwald, once a darling of the U.S. media but increasingly an outcast, ripped into a predominately blue media’s coverage of the red half of America, Alaska’s largest newspaper […]
Journalist who?
When a public official refuses to take a reporter’s questions, what is a journalist to do? Go to court to demand a judge order the official to do so? Well, that’s exactly […]
Black gold decline
Sixty-three years ago, oil made Alaska. Now, as global markets retract, the time appears to be approaching to wonder if oil will unmake the 49th state. Ignore the millions of dollars being […]
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. […]
The immigrants
An ancient tooth uncovered in Russia is unlikely to do much to bridge Alaska’s rural-urban divide, but it does appear to indicate that Alaska Natives and the Caucasians who later followed them […]
