Writer and photographer Nick Jans has lived in Alaska for 30 years. He is the author of "The Grizzly Maze: Timothy Treadwell's Fatal Obsession with Alaskan Bears," a member of USA Today's board of editorial contributors and a contributing editor of Alaska Magazine.

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Saturday, Oct 11, 2008 05:42 PDT

Sarah Palin: The view from Alaska

Amid "Troopergate" and other government scandals, including killing wolf pups, an Alaskan writer explains why the Palin phenomenon rings hollow in his home state.

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