Another fall flooding disaster not only looms large over K-Beach area, but appears to be ongoing. We are now experiencing spring, summer, and fall flooding… Continue reading
President Barack Obama must have missed his calling as head of the National Transportation Safety Board.In the wake of the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight… Continue reading
Dying in the digital age means leaving two worlds instead of one.One is the physical world, where your body resides. The other is the online… Continue reading
This weekend will be Progress Days in Soldotna. I talked to former Mayor Kearlee Wright who was rumored to be the one who selected the… Continue reading
It was with a great deal of relief last week that the Clarion reported the successful rescue of six people who had ended up in… Continue reading
It’s a journalist’s worst nightmare: We discover that nobody cares about our stories because they’re predictable and boring. That certainly seems to be the case… Continue reading
Juneau, we have a problem.That’s the shared sentiment of many business owners, employees and residents in regard to the state of downtown Juneau.A short documentary… Continue reading
The anti-Semitic “tradition” of blaming Jews for the world’s problems mostly took a temporary back seat in light of the indiscriminate rocket attacks on Israel… Continue reading
The “War on Drugs” has come in for a fair amount of derision in the years since President Nixon first brought up the phrase back… Continue reading
President Barack Obama styles himself a wit, and some of his best material lately has to do with his abuse of his powers. “As long… Continue reading
The Yukon Quest’s recent announcement of changes to the 1,000-mile international sled dog race’s rest schedule are sure to provoke plenty of water-cooler conversation in… Continue reading
It may be too soon to label it a trend and there is insufficient data to confirm it, but President Obama and his party may… Continue reading
I’m not one to celebrate the good old days, because in so many ways they were the bad old days. Nor do I begrudge the… Continue reading
On Saturday, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game limited anglers fishing the late run of Kenai River king salmon to catch-and-release fishing and, in… Continue reading
While the primary election is still a month away, there’s an important election season deadline looming: Sunday is the last day to register to vote,… Continue reading
In the last few days, I’ve heard a lot of noise about commercial fisherman getting all the dipnetters fish. And of course, as usual, the… Continue reading
I have been a member of this community for 34 years. My wife and I raised our kids here and are now grandparents. We have… Continue reading
The fat lady will sing — but only in strict keeping with the work rules set out by the American Guild of Musical Artists.The Metropolitan… Continue reading
Against daunting odds — the slow pace of construction, demonstrations by displaced slum dwellers, long distances, impenetrable traffic and the collapse of one hastily built… Continue reading
How is it that in and around politics, we manage to trivialize nearly every crisis and at the same time, turn what’s trivial into a… Continue reading
