Michael Carey
MIchael Carey: Mother was a woman of letters in Lake Minchumina
Columnist Michael Carey finds the record of lively intellectual life in his mother's correspondence of the late 1940s with women friends.
Michael Carey
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MICHAEL CAREY
Michael Carey: 2-year-old suffers wretched father, dark side of gun culture
Columnist Michael Carey recounts the courtroom tale of a 2-year-old shot in Homer.
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MICHAEL CAREY
Michael Carey: Alaska scrapbook was a special delivery
In January, a FedEx driver left a box on a bench outside my door. I wasn't expecting a delivery and couldn't find a return address. Instead, I found myself mumbling "Where did this come from?" After examining the content for half an hour, I resumed mumbling.
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MICHAEL CAREY
Michael Carey: Some Alaska immigrants felt no urgency to become citizens
Columnist Michael Carey delves into Alaska history to find that many immigrants were in no hurry to become citizens.
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MICHAEL CAREY
Michael Carey: Old college test raises education questions
"Here is your test," said professor Grant, as he handed copies of a quiz to sleepy Ithaca College sophomores. It was barely 8 a.m., a little early for medieval philosophy. Nevertheless, I turned my eyes to Dr. Grant's questions and frowned while reading "Saint Bonaventura, arguing for the knowability...
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MICHAEL CAREY
Michael Carey: A shock of recognition, a feeling of loss
A couple weeks ago, a friend in Fairbanks invited me to look at a collection of color photographs the Pioneers of Alaska obtained. The 500 photos originally were slides but had been computerized.
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MICHAEL CAREY
Michael Carey: Cox and Vernon have predecessors
Michael Carey recounts a tale of two reactions at Fairbanks militiamen's sentencing -- one contrition and tears, the other a profanity-laced rant, and reflects on the history of American extremism.
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MICHAEL CAREY
Michael Carey: The night the boys' favorite target fired back
Michael Carey recounts how the man who lived behind his house in Fairbanks went from favorite target of mischievous boys to gun-totin' menace.
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MICHAEL CAREY
Michael Carey: Four-star affairs? Where's Norman Mailer?
Columnist Michael sees a perfect opportunity for the late Norman Mailer to write about the affair of Gen. David Petraeus and his biographer, Paula Broadwell.
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MICHAEL CAREY
Michael Carey: Nation says no to GOP; Alaska says yes
Columnist Michael Carey says that the election beached GOP true believers who thought they were riding the wave of history -- except in Alaska, where the hard right rules.
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MICHAEL CAREY
Grames' death offers reminder to accept flaws of characters
John George James Grames, who lived a stream of consciousness life, died in Bellingham, Wash., last week. He was 75.
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