Let’s play nice
As a country, we often complain about the “new lows” candidates sink to when coming to the end of an often fierce and furious campaign. The truth is, we’re simply carrying on a more than 200-year-old tradition that has never done anything but further dig party lines in the sand.
Moral crimes in an immoral society
It seems relatively ridiculous to actually have to sit down and write an editorial that explains why it’s not OK for grown men to have sex with 15-year-old girls.
Yet, here I am.
On Saturday, the Anchorage Daily News ran a front page story of a woman who alleged that former Veco chief Bill Allen “repeatedly paid her for sex, starting when she was 15.”
The U.S. Department of Justice says it won’t prosecute him for those crimes, and won’t say why, according to the Daily News.
Something to talk about
No one wants to talk about our days in Homer getting shorter, and darker … and rainier. The change of seasons is inevitable, and — often in the case of summer-to-fall — brings an increase in depression.
No one wants to talk about that either.
Unfortunately, ignoring it can be deadly.
Two weeks ago, a young Homer man reportedly took his own life.
Alaska’s advocate
By now, the news of former U.S. Republican Sen. Ted Steven’s death in a plane crash north of Dillingham late Monday night has traveled the world over.
Stevens, who funneled billions of dollars to his home state over six terms in office and became one the most powerful and combative congressmen of his generation, died from injuries sustained in a plane crash Monday in southwest Alaska.
He was 86.
A time to wear pink
I’m really not much of a fan of the color pink. I have a variety of theories to explain why, but none of them really make much sense. Suffice it to say, it’s not my favorite color.
Drug violence hits Homer hard
It’s finally here.
The violence associated with hardcore drug-trafficking has finally hit Homer — and it has struck with a vengeance. Just Saturday, another possible drug-related stabbing occurred off Jenny Lane, bringing the summer total to two. A recent shooting in Soldotna that left 23-year-old Brandon McGee dead is also reported to have ties to recent violent drug activities in Homer.
A letter to ‘Scared Mommy’
As a policy, the Homer Tribune does not publish anonymous letters to the editor. Letters must include a real name, as well as a phone number by which the author can be contacted. And while this may serve to discourage some writers from speaking their honest opinion, the policy is in place to help keep everyone accountable for his or her words.
The fate of our fish
Every year, thousands of fishing fans flock to Homer to drop their lines in the waters of Kachemak Bay, hoping to land the big one in the self-proclaimed halibut capital of the world.
Campers and vacationers roll onto the Homer Spit, logging hours at the Fishing Hole and teaching young anglers how to bait a hook, cast a line or simply whack a landed salmon in the head with a rock.
What price Hoka Hey?
An e-mail arrived in my inbox at the newspaper on Sunday morning. It was from a Florida woman named Toni with whom I’d been conversing about her friend Ken Green.
Ken was riding the Hoka Hey.
He had texted her at 11 p.m. Alaska time that he was in Anchorage and was “GOING to make it.” He was determined to make it to Homer for the parade and the party.
Did we get duped?
Hoka Hey riders hit town early Monday morning.
I doubt anyone was as surprised to see them that early as I was.
The next few weeks will undoubtedly be filled with more than just Hoka Hey celebrations. Inconsistent information, reportedly incorrect routes and incomplete maps left many Hoka Hey riders feeling a bit less than satisfied with the more-than-7,000-mile “challenge.”
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