by Hank Nuwer | Mar 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
By Hank Nuwer “Books…are like TV for smart people,” actor Robert Redford declares in the film “A Walk in the Woods.” Patrons from Union City, Indiana and Darke County, Ohio have borrowing privileges few border communities can boast. Any Darke County resident...
by Hank Nuwer | Mar 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
Went out to Pleasant Valley toward Chena Hot Springs for a long drive after Strike! in hopes of seeing wildlife. Gosia spotted a nice red fox and a female moose. Ugh, I was driving and missed both critters!!!! The Alaskan scenic colors at 9 p.m. in fading light were...
by Hank Nuwer | Mar 18, 2025 | Uncategorized
Thank you to University of Alaska for this nice profile in time four our musical strike in March 2025. https://www.uaf.edu/cla/news/2025/weight-of-power.php he Weight of Power Kade Mendelowitz Hank Nuwer as Harry Fatt (left), Kyle Moore as Joe and Faith Burns as Edna...
by Hank Nuwer | Feb 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Cordova Daily Times in 1923 devoted a page to student learning. I selected at random the news for Feb. 10-17. 1923. The information remains interesting more than a century later. For starters, we learn that the faculty had only three teachers. School...
by Hank Nuwer | Feb 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
By Hank Nuwer. From 1881 to 1917, most folks in Juneau referred to a popular baker by his nickname China Joe. He came to Juneau in search of gold dust after a strike on Gold Creek, but he lacked either aptitude or luck. He soon realized that real money was to be...
by Hank Nuwer | Jan 31, 2025 | Uncategorized
By Hank Nuwer Today’s column addresses the attitudes of the American public and U.S. newspapers toward the limits of free speech before, during, and after wartime just over a century ago, 1916-1922. There is a reason I took an interest in researching...