OPINION: Fantasies of ruin
EAGLE RIVER, Alaska -- This essay isn't really about Alaska, but we circle it because, for most Americans, it will always be a place of the imagina...
EAGLE RIVER, Alaska -- This essay isn't really about Alaska, but we circle it because, for most Americans, it will always be a place of the imagination. Alaska is far away and the costs of visiting are high. The writer of these words is here in Eagle River for, probably, the 30th time, only because there's family to stay with. Travel time from Northwest Arkansas to Alaska is not much less than travel to western Europe. Most of the return flights are overnighters. Getting to and from Alaska is hard and, like pretty much everything linked to the state, expensive.