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Losing Grandpa
After 20 years sober, Kase Johnstun’s grandfather fell off the wagon during a fishing trip in Alaska. He never got back on. My grandpa sat at the edge of the tiny riverboat on the Kenai River in...
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Not-So-Good Man of the Day: Levi Johnston
According to Public Policy Polling, Levi Johnston is the least popular person in the state of Alaska. Johnston received the lowest rating in the political polling service’s history. No one likes the...
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South Dakota is really a state
She wasn’t nearly hot enough to be that dumb. I’m not going to mince words. Some people are stupid. Let me re-phrase that–some people are really stupid. How stupid? I’m glad you asked. One of...
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Random Thoughts
It’s to the left of Canada. The playoff beard Any true hockey fan will tell you about the playoff beard. It’s what real hockey players do this time of year. It’s old school and it should be...
View ArticleYou Should Be Watching ‘Frontline’
Watch the full episode. See more FRONTLINE. If you’re not watching Frontline on PBS, you’re missing out. Two episodes ago, they had a takedown of the NCAA—including a really awkward interview with...
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At What Price, Adventure? Avalanches and Extreme Sports
When does a man’s need for adventure cross a line? It’s been a deadly year up on the slopes. Skiing has always been an inherently dangerous sport, but this year seems worse than normal. A recent New...
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Dude, Where’s My Condom? Levi Johnston Is A Sperm Sniper
Jamie Reidy comments on Sarah Palin’s almost-former-son-in-law’s latest score. NJ.com writer Vicki Hyman reports that Levi Johnston’s latest girlfriend is with child. The vexingly fecund 21-year-old...
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Alone in Alaska: Man to Spend Year by Himself in Frontier
Jamie Reidy comments on Charles Baird, a man who will live alone for one year on an Alaskan island. CNN’s Erin Burnett interviewed the adventurer. She asked what motivated him to do something so...
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The Curse of the Bastard Sons
There is very little in fiction that is better than a good curse. Here we have an excerpt from a novel we must all be on the watch for: Vanishing Act, by Emily Kiernan. In this excerpt, myth and...
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Road Trip: Tips for Making Lifetime Memories
Jay Palter takes his 9 year olds on a summer road trip the whole family will appreciate now and remember, always. People looked at me like I was nuts when I told them what we were doing for our summer...
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Shark Week: Close Encounters With Jeff Kurr
Don’t panic … Shark Week producer and shark expert Jeff Kurr has advice for finding—and avoiding—close encounters of the shark kind on your summer vacation. This was previously published on Escape...
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On the Eleventh of the Eleventh
Looking back upon what we could have learned from 9/11, Greg Olear sees only opportunists of many stripes using the events to further their agendas. And we are here as on a darkling plain Swept with...
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Shooting Incredible Hulk Teaches Daughter How to Get What You Want
Writer Megan Stielstra reflects on hunting with her father and how the hunt led to love I got my first gun when I was fourteen, a Remington Express 12-gauge that I called Rhonda, after the Beach Boys...
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Alaskan Dad Battles Bear to Save Family
This week’s Manly Man Award goes a guy who’s not afraid to fight when he has to. Toby Burke, his wife and three children were on a bird-watching hike in their home state of Alaska when what he called...
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Searching for the Copper Salmon of O’Brian Creek
An Alaskan side road takes Dan Szczesny to a local, and secret, fishing hotspot where the fish swim right into nets. — From a mysterious fisherman in rubber boots with deep lines in his forehead, we...
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Touching an Ice Age on the Road to Valdez
. Dan Szczesny continues his Alaskan search for discovery by hiking into a glacier. —- Near the bottom of the Worthington Glacier, where the run-off evens off into a small pond before continuing into...
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Searching for a Good, Stiff Breeze in Denali National Park
Deep inside the glorious Denali National Park, Dan Szczesny and his wife have to run from predators—but probably not the sort they expected. —- In the morning, we are awoken by what sound like...
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