After the Renda and Healy's mission started winding down, we learned that the Nome emergency wasn't as imminent as some may have been led to believe. But it still broke new trail.
If Alaskans are suspicious that a governor with ties to the oil industry is giving away the farm in an agreement with big companies, how suspicious would they be of a state oil company?
We The Concerned are filled with hope that other people will pick good resolutions, greater than themselves, and then stick to them. It's a thin hope, but it's all we've got.
Now's not the time to hamstring the effort with a video that doesn't quite live up to the reputation you’ve developed as rational, experienced, risk-averse, cold-water offshore operators.
There's plenty to be thankful for this year, Alaska: high oil prices, declining gonorrhea rates and Don Young should all be counted among our blessings.
We're very concerned the ads will attract people without any sense of humor. Joyless people who prefer looking at metal, concrete and glass rather than the Chugach Range. Or worse.
Scott Woodham is a life-long Alaskan who hasn't always lived in Alaska. He has written and edited for newsweeklies in Alaska and Wyoming, has taught college and university composition courses, and was recently inducted into The Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels for his dedication to adult literacy. His poems have appeared in New Madrid, Ice Floe, and Rough Draft, and he has been part of Alaska Dispatch since its inception.
