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...
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...