What Do I Know?

The answer appears* to be 43 in the House, down from 44 in the 112th Congress. The US Senate has one African American - Tim Scott, appo...

A hidden advantage of dividing the world into time zones, it seems, is that it's harder to destroy the world on any given day, because i...

There are two classical concerts I can think of that transported me into another world.  Two memorable times when I was transformed from my ...

I want to thank two other monitors of the local scene for their good work. Shannyn Moore and Kathleen McCoy have been doing pushing the loca...

The first night of the Festival as I ran into a guy near the ticketing in just a polo shirt.  It was about zero outside and the chill was co...

People frequently ask about the winter darkness in Anchorage.  The shortest (darkest) day of the year in the northern hemisphere is this Fri...

One trait common to most humans is discomfort with uncertainty and ambiguity which is part of our need for closure.  The question 'why?&...

We were invited to a last night of Hannukah party and since it was less than a mile away we walked over about 5:15pm, just in time ...

It's a time for us all to send our good thoughts to the families of the 27 killed in Connecticut Friday.   But what about to the familie...

The great thing about art is that everyone sees something else in it.  And this piece at the UAA ceramics sale last Friday leaves a lot fo...