Nick Jans - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/nick_jans/?source=rss&aim=nick_jans en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 05:10:00 PDT Sarah Palin: The view from Alaska By Nick Jans Sat, 11 Oct 2008 05:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/10/11/sarah_palin_alaska/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/10/11/sarah_palin_alaska/index.html?source=rss Amid "Troopergate" and other government scandals, including killing wolf pups, an Alaskan writer explains why the Palin phenomenon rings hollow in his home state.