Opinion
Go vote. Don’t turn down the opportunity to take time to vote. Don’t let the jerks win another one. Don’t sit back to let the other guy do it. It is up to you in November. It is up to you, the Nome...
Why not run for office? Why are we afraid to run for public office? We have experienced far too many single-choice elections.
We need Nomeites to get involved with on-the-spot politics because it is...
... sat on a wall. Trumpty Dumpty had a great fall. However, of all the king’s horses and all the king’s men, not one wanted to put Trumpty Dumpty together again. He was still a cracked egg and well...
We have listened to simple nattering for this and that for the past several months. Oh, how refreshing it is not to have to hear the politicians chew at each other and Trump go on his liar’s quest....
We invented the Trump. We made it possible by having outrageous expectations and ridiculous rages fueled by ignorance. However the main game is that we are back to our regular bland, boring...
A Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Nome once told me, “Never apologize.” Good advise, especially for a Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Last week Justice Ruth Bader...
When President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed, “ The only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” he was dealing with a nation exhausted by incredible fighting and loss of life. So what is the...
We often forget that Nature trumps all. There is no getting around it, we can’t play the fool. What we must always remember is the power of the wild outdoors. We should not treat the outdoors on a...
It is no secret that one of Nome’s biggest sources of revenue is the birding business. Yet, we hardly even know it is here. Birders are like guests who are “no trouble.” They are early to bed, and...
While Nomeites get a chance to have fun and games under the Midnight Sun, it seems the rest of the world has to duck and take shelter in the helter skelter of daily living.
The peace and tranquility...