Matt Zencey

It was a different chapter of her career, before her No. 1 priority became political stardom.

Lynne Curry has seen plenty of low-down, dirty behavior in her 37 years of training and coaching employers and employees. Drawing on that experience, she has produced a valuable training manual for standing up to the bully and helping victims restore their confidence.

When I left Alaska after living amid your splendors for 30 years, I learned the truth of the old saying "Alaska gets in your blood and never leaves you."

When the state released Gov. Sarah Palin's email archive, she must have been pleased with the "lamestream" media's early stories. The Associated Press version, for example, was headlined "Palin emails show engaged leader who sought VP nod."

Over the holidays, a time when we're all supposed to think about being generous and helping others, I couldn't help being discouraged by the selfishness that's rampant in our society and politics.

As someone who started smoking in the fourth grade (don't ask) and quit in the sixth grade, I am hesitant to judge those who remain locked in the self-destructive habit. I'm fortunate I stopped before I became seriously addicted.

The Daily News ran a front page story Sunday about how aging, government-funded homes in many villages are literally rotting away.

Edmund Schuster is the unofficial historian of the long-departed City of Glen Alps, a tiny corner of mountainside Anchorage that was absorbed into the unified municipality in 1975. I discovered this when Edwin sent a commentary to the paper in an ancient envelope bearing the city's return address.

Six months and four days ago, I was standing in my driveway with my two sons, enjoying the glow from a roaring fire of spruce and cottonwood. It was their dad's weird way of welcoming the winter solstice. I had stirred myself out of my winter torpor long enough to do something ceremonious and break the monotony of December's infernal darkness.

You have the power; use it