I have a friend who likes to hunt and shoot, not that there's anything wrong with that. But every conversation with him, no matter how it starts, invariably ends up being about something to do with guns. Unlike him, I'm not obsessed with my favorite pastime, fishing. My skills, knowledge and ...

When we talk about the oil industry and its economic impact, most of the conversation circles around industry profits and state taxes. Around budget time, we might consider the property taxes the industry pays. And we'll talk about jobs in the oil and gas industry, and opportunities for those ...

After last week's exciting popcorn-rollercoaster adventure superhero extravaganza, I've decided to tone things down a bit. It wasn't exactly my first choice to follow up "The Avengers" with Danish indie sensation Lars Von Trier's "Melancholia," but sometimes life gets in the way.

Twelve years ago this month, my wife Maryna and I were married in Homer. I had just finished a year of bible school at Alaska Bible Institute and Maryna had spent the last 12 years of her life in the mission field with Operation Mobilization.