by Hank Nuwer | Apr 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
The dirt and gravel Elliot Highway sported deep ruts as my wife Gosia and I motored 158 miles from Fairbanks to explore the remote Alaska village of Manley Hot Springs. However, spectacular views of the tundra more than made up for the bumps and jolts. When Gosia...
by Hank Nuwer | Mar 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
Censorship. Nearly everyone agrees on the term’s definition in the context of print, electronic, and broadcast journalism. Namely, censorship is the action of a censor or organized societal group in controlling, removing, or adding words or images to news content. The...
by Hank Nuwer | Mar 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
By Hank Nuwer As a young journalist, I interviewed novelist Harry Crews. His books contained characters who performed in traveling “freak shows.” Always he presented them as sympathetic beings. I asked Crews why. He said he traveled with a circus for six months after...
by Hank Nuwer | Mar 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
By Hank Nuwer Lately, I’ve no time to spare. That’s because yours truly, a senior citizen turning 78 in August, is once again acting like a young man. I literally mean “acting.” I’ve hogged center stage in many theater productions and one movie filming. I rehearse or...
by Hank Nuwer | Feb 29, 2024 | Uncategorized
The notorious Ira W. Porter by Hank Nuwer Notorious Randolph County (IN) resident Ira W. Porter was born in 1844, the son of James and Hannah Porter. Ira served in the Union Army during the Civil War. Around 1870, he married Mary A. Porter, and by 1880, fathered Nancy...