Alaska’s long deep freeze ends

Alaska’s long deep freeze ends

After weeks of -40F and -30 and -20 temperatures, we in Fairbanks get two days of respite with temps in plus thirties.  The coyotes and moose have been coming out of the deep snows to feed by the highway.  Happy a chinook is here!  Photo is of a young coyote snagging...
A lovely, friendly outpost in the Interior

A lovely, friendly outpost in the Interior

Note:  This trip was made right before the early snows fell in October.  I held the story in hopes the roadhouse might open back up.  It was published in the Winchester (IN) News-Gazette as a column.  Photo is by Malgorzata Wroblewska Nuwer. Far from Randolph An oasis...
Hazing Culture podcast

Hazing Culture podcast

HANK NUWER & HAZING CULTURE Writer and author of several books including Hazing: Destroying Young Lives, Hank Nuwer, discusses the various forms that hazing can take, why he started tracking data of deaths and injuries, a history of tragic incidents, the functions...
Take me for a ride in your car-car

Take me for a ride in your car-car

  By Hank Nuwer My wife Gosia’s dream to ride at top speed in a stockcar will come true next month. That’s her birthday gift from me. 10 years ago, I seized my own stockcar opportunity on the Lucas track in Clermont, Ind. “Dear Hank. Congratulations. Drivetech...