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.
Michael Carey
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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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MICHAEL CAREY
Citizenship and voting must be ingrained from family tradition
Turnout in the primary election was less than 25 percent. There are several obvious reasons why Alaskans didn't show up.
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