Elise Patkotak
Elise Patkotak: Cherish the friend with a different point of view
Columnist Elise Patkotak finds friends who don't think the way she does both make for a richer life.
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Elise Patkotak: Home is where heart and friends are
I periodically feel obligated to note that without some pretty amazing friends, I would probably not be able to continue to live in Alaska as I approach the furthest reaches of middle age. Alaska is especially famous, and rightfully so, for friendships that replace the families so many of us left...
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Elise Patkotak: Teachers have enough to bear without firearms
Columnist Elise Patkotak sees the irony in the call to arm teachers coming from some of us who have been most critical of teachers.
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Elise Patkotak: Mentally ill become NRA's scapegoat
Columnist Elise Patkotak argues that the mentally ill should not become a scapegoat for all of the ills of society.
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Elise Patkotak: Volunteers at Bird TLC in need of own place
You've probably been following the adventure of the stranded Shell drilling rig Kulluk. We were lucky this time. No spilled fuel. No scenes of devastation on a once pristine beach. No video of contaminated birds trying to preen their feathers so they are again waterproof and able to withstand their...
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Elise Patkotak: Why do we give alcohol a pass?
Columnist Elise Patkotak decries the futility of our war on marijuana and our refusal to deal more wisely with alcohol.
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Elise Patkotak: The choice, hands down, for 'Infamy' award is ...
I usually create a Hall of Infamy for my last column of the year. This year I realized what an almost impossible task that was unless I had a book length space to fill. Otherwise I would surely do a disservice to some worthy idiot who annoyed us all in 2012.
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Elise Patkotak: Celebrate; life is too precious to wait or waste
Columnist Elise Patkotak finds holiday cheer hard to come by -- and that makes it all the more precious to savor and share.
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Elise Patkotak: Give me Anchorage over New York City
Columnist Elise Patkotak recaptures some of the appeal of New York on a visit to the city — but finds that the glamor and the pace were a better fit in her youth.
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Elise Patkotak: Prison concert not to be missed
Columnist Elise Patkotak invites you to one of season's best holiday performances -- the Women's Prison Orchestra concerts at Hiland Mountain Correctional Center.
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Elise Patkotak: Home is where the heart is, even after a hurricane
Columnist Elise Patkotak takes on a tour of a slice of New Jersey after Hurricane Sandy, and ponders the wisdom of rebuilding where nature can strike so hard.
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