A Tribute to a Hunter Dying Young

A Tribute to a Hunter Dying Young

Much of the pleasure in working as a journalist stems from opportunities to write outdoor columns and features for local and national magazines. My most moving assignment was writing a sad tribute column titled “To a Hunter Dying Young.” A lean, rugged and boyish...
Rep. David Eastman’s Immodest Proposal

Rep. David Eastman’s Immodest Proposal

“A Modest Proposal For Preventing the Children of Poor People From Being a Burden to Their Parents or Country, and For Making them Beneficial to the Publick,” commonly referred to in English Lit as “A Modest Proposal,” is a Juvenalian satirical...
Good fences don’t always make good neighbors.

Good fences don’t always make good neighbors.

Good fences don’t always make good neighbors.  By Hank Nuwer Leviticus 19:13 tells us, “Thou shall not oppress your neighbor.” That Bible quotation came back to me in Fairbanks, Alaska on Saturday at a brilliant, albeit disturbing performance of Native Gardens by...