Retiring teacher, coach urges Colony grads to ‘find their 68’
By Jeremiah Bartz Frontiersman.com A football coach using a hockey reference as the centerpiece for his keynote address may
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Measuring candidates, Teddy Roosevelt style
By Tom Anderson Valley Voices I just finished several books by historical scholar Edmund Morris on President Theodore Roosevelt. Throughout
Belief and the residue of honor
By Charles D. Hayes Valley Voices Wouldn’t it have been great if, when we were growing up, there had
Time to admit to our own bigotry
By Chuck Legge Valley Voices On Friday, President Obama shared his thoughts on the death of Trayvon Martin and subsequent
What Nelson Mandela taught us
By Tom Anderson Valley Voices A few months ago, my dad and I spent an evening together in conversation and
Granite Mountain Hotshots: A prayer for the fallen
By Daniel D. Grota Valley Voices I was going to write about something else, but the events in Arizona compel
CEOs assert the license to loot
By Charles D. Hayes Valley Voices Three decades ago, futurist John Naisbitt asserted that “it is easier to ride a
CSI Forensic Science Camp has successful year
By Tom Anderson Valley Voices It was nine years ago that the Fraternal Order of Alaska State Troopers (FOAST) learned
Movies, memories of our racist past
By Charles D. Hayes Valley Voices In 2011, Stephanie Coontz published “A Strange Stirring,” a book about the status of
A hat-trick of political missteps
By Chuck Legge Valley Voices The term, hat-trick, was first used in 1858 when cricketer H.H. Stephenson took
ARDORs and hair crabs and scallops, oh my!
By Tom Anderson Valley Voices Politics can be downright frustrating sometimes. In Alaska, add to the tension differing regional opinions,
Valley Voices-Wingnuts of America, I salute you
By Charles D. Hayes Valley Voices In the movie “Gladiator,” at the opening of the games, an arena combatant says,
Hypocratlicans, thank you for putting the rest of us first
By Chuck Legge Valley Voices It is heartening to know that when an issue of great importance needs to be