It’s a miracle!  No, not the beautiful glimpse of the rugged icy Alaskan landscape peeking through the misty clouds… I’m going to be away for the weekend!  That makes twice in one summer I’ll be off enjoying the beautiful Alaskan outdoors.  Not nearly enough, but better than nothing!  The weather is supposed to be nice, [...]

~~CC Strongheart happily plays in a late summer puddle in the Village of Ugashik, while her mother Ann seeks answers about her future from the State of Alaska.~~   Dear Governor Parnell, Mr. Moller, Ms. Jollie, Mr. Black and others; After reading the article in the Dispatch I am gravely concerned and worried even more [...]

Pass the Slaw! Those long summer days always make the giant vegetable exhibit at the Alaska State Fair interesting.  This year was even more exciting than usual…if you consider staring at giant vegetables exciting. A world record green cabbage tipped the scales at 125.9 pounds, with a 21-inch diameter head, and a leaf span of [...]

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You can’t turn a tiger into a kitten by stroking it. ~Franklin Delano Roosevelt I heard Thom Hartmann use this quote this morning on the radio.  I like good quotes, and that’s a good quote. I’m all for “sitting down with the enemy” to talk about compromise, engage in diplomacy and look for our commonalities.  [...]

This beautiful thing is a glacier from the air.  It’s somewhere in Alaska and it’s absolutely enormous.  You can see the large crevasses in the lower right part of the picture.  As the glacier flows toward the ocean, scraping off rock and debris, it creates these incredible striped patterns.  Sometimes two glaciers will flow into [...]

Now that the Town Hall meetings in Anchorage are over, and Senator Mark Begich has left the state for Washington D.C., what’s a poor bored wingnut to do? Well, after drumming their fingers for 24 hours, waiting for new marching orders, they’re off and running again. Trying to get everyone health care is bad enough, [...]

There are just days remaining before Congress returns to Washington D.C. to tackle health insurance reform.  Thousands of events are being scheduled across the country to show local support for health insurance reform.  Anchorage’s Event is sure to be a good one. If you’re tired of Teabaggers speaking for you, and framing this debate, come [...]

Oh boy. Vanity Fair does it again. Get ready for the latest teaser extraordinaire about life in the Palin house after the 2008 election. The world’s most infamous ex-almost-son-in-law has let loose a couple interesting little nuggets of which there promise to be more in the upcoming full article entitled “Me and Mrs. Palin.” “The [...]

When the clouds started to dissapate, there was no doubt I was getting close to home. After 10 days of trying to recalibrate my internal Alaskan thermostat to temperatures well into the 90s, and humidity the same, the snow-covered mountains looked positively inviting. I kept thinking of those old York Peppermint Patty commercials about the [...]

This is just great. Share it with someone you love who doesn’t get it. And just think about it Democrats in the House and Senate….maybe it will take care of those spine implants you all need so badly.

Popcorn alert!  I said yesterday that those of you who were placing wagers on whether Palin would show up at the speaking engagement that’s been announced in Hong Kong needed to make an adjustment.  Normally the going odds if you’re betting whether she’ll show are 50/50.  Maybe she will, and maybe she won’t.  Like plucking [...]

Lots of good stuff floating around the internets.  Here’s a little smorgasbord of tasty treats you may have missed. POP! Gubernatorial candidate Bob Poe wrote an excellent compass piece for the Anchorage Daily News that begins like this: I support equal rights for all people. And I support banning discrimination in Anchorage due solely to [...]