by Hank Nuwer | Apr 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
Edith Mae Grinstead was born Dec. 21, 1896, in Tipton to high school custodian John Franklin Grinstead and his wife Mary. At 17, she married farmer Walter W. Kritsch in 1914. One of Walter’s best friends was William Ray Dawson. Dawson was born July 21, 1893. William...
by Hank Nuwer | Apr 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
A trick knee limited me to treadmill and indoor walks this winter. But as March temperatures in Fairbanks finally hit a walkable 30 degrees, I’m itching to hit the trails and parks here in Alaska’s Interior. One of my favorite parks in the world is Harter Park in...
by Hank Nuwer | Apr 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
Why are total eclipses so rare? A viewer needs to perch where the Sun, new Moon and Earth are in a straight line. Wife Gosia and I are bummed that we latter-day Alaskans won’t be in geographical position to enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime solar eclipse. Nonetheless, I...
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...
