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Will the Chickens get scorched on their roost?
2-upload.jpg As they say, “Where there’s smoke . . . . there may be fire” ? Don’t you just love it? For some time now it seems like there’s been a decided fishy smell em… more »
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Reduced Chinook Quotas in Southeast Alaska
rogermaynard wrote 1 week ago: This week’s cartoon illustrates the basic problem every fisherman faces: How much does it cost … more »
Juneau, Alaska: The Tipping Point
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rogermaynard wrote 1 week ago: The April 16th avalanche that severed the City and Borough of Juneau (CBJ) from its main source of h … more »
Unintended Consequences: The Killer Smoking Ban
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rogermaynard wrote 2 weeks ago: Smoking bans are created with the best of intentions, but it can be effectively argued that business … more »
Alaska's Gas Line
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rogermaynard wrote 2 weeks ago: With recent news that Conoco Phillips and British Petroleum have teamed up to move ahead with their … more »
Alaska's Budget: Entertainment for All
rogermaynard wrote 1 month ago: Just because hockey season is ending doesn’t mean we can’t still watch a good fight. As … more »
Alaska's Republicans in Congress
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rogermaynard wrote 1 month ago: It seems these days, from reading the Anchorage Daily News and a few others, we can assume many of o … more »
Alaska's Endangered Polar Bears
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rogermaynard wrote 1 month ago: Most U.S. businesses are unaware of the full implications if the polar bear or other marine mammal i … more »
Congressional Earmarks for Alaska
rogermaynard wrote 1 month ago: Governor Sarah Palin has said that Alaska needs to depend less on congressional earmarks. Some folks … more »
Alaska's Upside-Down Economy
rogermaynard wrote 1 month ago: In only two hundred twenty five years, about three lifetimes by today’s standards, the United … more »
Alaska's Clean Elections Initiative
rogermaynard wrote 1 month ago: This week’s cartoon illustrates an unintended consequence of “clean elections” law … more »
Alaska Marine Highway System Blues
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rogermaynard wrote 2 months ago: The Palin administration has sent out clear signals that they’re not ferry-friendly. Where is … more »
Peak Oil Manifesto: Haines, Alaska
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rogermaynard wrote 2 months ago: After one year and $5000 from the Haines Borough Assembly, the Haines Energy Task Force (HEFT) has p … more »
KDN Cartoon: March 1, 2008
rogermaynard wrote 2 months ago: Where will Alaska’s “clean elections” funding come from if the voters initiative p … more »
Global cooling has arrived.
rogermaynard wrote 2 months ago: I’m down to my last cord of dry firewood. We’ve had a cold December and January, a war … more »
Clean Elections for Alaska?
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rogermaynard wrote 2 months ago: The Alaska Clean Elections Initiative will create more problems than it solves. The initiative att … more »
Clean Water and Clean Mines
rogermaynard wrote 2 months ago: This year we have no less than three clean water initiatives that could end up on the ballot, and on … more »
How soon we forget
rogermaynard wrote 2 months ago: Recently we’ve been hearing how much money Alaska has as a result of abnormally high oil price … more »
..and now Endangered Walrus?
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rogermaynard wrote 2 months ago: While living in Nome during the early 1990’s, I recall being told by U.S. Fish and Wildlife S … more »
Endangered Polar Bears--NOT!
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rogermaynard wrote 2 months ago: Last year the Center for Biological Diversity filed a petition with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Servi … more »
