Over the Betster’s decades in Alaska, yours truly has learned a few tricks about living in the Last Frontier. First,…
The holiday season seems to mess up time. People used to celebrating holidays in chronological order — first Halloween, then…
The other day the Betster searched fruitlessly in email for an important document. After about 20 minutes, the Betster smacked…
If it seems like the world has gotten dimmer, don’t despair, Betsteroids. Last week the National Aeronautics and Space Administration…
In this week’s election, some estimated that backers of Mark Begich or Dan Sullivan spent $50 million on the U.S….
Be afraid. Be very afraid. Just when you thought it was OK to go out of the house, oh my,…
Let us pause now and consider the glory of sunrises and sunsets. Holy electromagnetic spectrum! Have we been having some…
The Betster deeply regrets last week’s mention of The Precipitation That Will Not Be Named. Apparently, even not saying a…
If you happened to be cruising the Homer hillside on Sunday, you might have seen little white flakes fluttering down…
Every October we enter the cusp of winter, or winter as we Alaskans define it. Alaska doesn’t cycle through the…
You know that metaphor about trying to nail Jell-O to a table? The Betster has had a week like that….
Today, history will be made. Today, a northern region rich with oil and populated by cantankerous individuals votes on its…
Thirteen years ago evil men flew planes into tall buildings and changed our world. One plane of heroes fell from…
