Grover Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform (the outfit that required loyalty oaths from legislators not to raise taxes for anything at any time): Who are you? Who elected you to bring Congress into compliance with your philosophy, whatever it is? In a democracy the elected officials are chosen to pro...

I lived in Alaska for 18 years beginning in 1967. I taught school in a variety of settings, flew airplanes, was in business, and babbled for a while in a column on these pages. There were ups, and downs. Since leaving, I’ve lived for a long time in several countries where guns are vigorously contr...

My family is appalled by the way the state came in and “bulldozed” over hundreds of live green standing trees along the Sterling Highway starting at Ninilchik continuing north. My family watched a small seedling grow for 15 years way back off the highway. We decided to put out a sign to ask the ...

There is not very many people today who can take their thinking minds back to the 1930s and 1940s and very likely the schools are not giving very much attention to what happened way back then. I know a few people who know the truth about those times. My Great Grandfather immigrated to the U.S. in th...