DONN LISTON

I am an Independent Journalist and retired teacher. I resided over 60 consecutive winters as an active Alaska witness of events from optimistic new state (1959) experiencing steep decline to today. The theme is: How did we get here and how bad does it have to get before people who want to call Alaska home DO SOMETHING? I invite your respectful participation in the discussion.

Who Trusts China?

Let’s Look at Asian Military Buildup! By Eddie Burke and DONN LISTON Notice to International Readers: This site can be read in six languages. Just peck the popup at the bottom of the page to change from English. Ang site na ito ay mababasa sa anim na wika. I-peck lang ang popup sa ibaba ng […]

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8th Grade at Yakutat, AK

Life Lessons about Alaska Public Education This writer’s longest time away from Alaska over 60 years living there was when I went to Tonasket, Washington to attend some high school. This was necessary because Yakutat had two K-8 schools but no high school. I attended three Tonasket HS semesters–coming home between each–before our family moved

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Confessions Of An Alaska Boomer

You CAN Blame Us! https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Generation_timeline.svg&lang=simple My Baby Boomer generation grew up in the long shadow of the Greatest Generation–Americans who lived through the Great Depression and fought for the rights and freedoms guaranteed in our USA and Alaska Constitutions. My father was a member of the following Silent Generation by one year (Born in 1929)

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