At the beginning of my reporting career, I covered a federal judge hearing a civil suit against National Guardsmen that made it to his court… Continue reading
The 40th anniversary of production from the Prudhoe Bay field— which along with other North Slope fields has yielded 17 billion barrels of oil since… Continue reading
The first thing to know about the instantly infamous “anti-diversity screed” written by an anonymous Google software engineer is that it isn’t anti-diversity or a… Continue reading
The sun peeked through the July clouds just long enough for me and 100 other people to run a few miles through the woods on… Continue reading
A fourth special legislative session this year would be prudent. The state Legislature is well aware of Alaska’s financial situation. It started its regular session… Continue reading
Venezuela is a woeful reminder that no country is so rich that it can’t be driven into the ground by revolutionary socialism. People are now… Continue reading
Maybe Donald Trump needs help with his cognitive ability. That might explain his need to assign derogatory labels before recalling someone’s name. Perhaps that’s why… Continue reading
The biggest problem with the failed Republican effort to kill the Affordable Care Act is it was based on a lie. Even now, its detractors… Continue reading
The Establishment, a construct of Democrats and Republicans that rules in Washington no matter which party controls government, appears to be over its fainting spell… Continue reading
It’s nothing Alaska can let slip away. Sen. Lisa Murkowski introduced a new bill to require labeling of fake salmon, aka Frankenfish or genetically engineered… Continue reading
Jeff Sessions thought he was on the Trump team, but he was sadly mistaken. For President Donald Trump, the world breaks down into three categories… Continue reading
Theodore Roosevelt offered Americans a “Square Deal.” His fifth cousin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, gave us “The New Deal.” Modern Democrats, who have lost election after… Continue reading
While we agree that the Affordable Care Act needs reform, we also believe that it needs to be done the right way, and we commend… Continue reading
This is a story that will have a happy ending, no matter what happens. And it will have an unhappy ending, no matter what happens.… Continue reading
The University of Alaska Fairbanks’ state-of-the-art research vessel Sikuliaq is already proving its worth. The vessel recently completed a 20-day research excursion in the Beaufort… Continue reading
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, is paid not to tell the truth about school choice, and she deserves a raise. In… Continue reading
Just six months ago, Jeff Sessions promised the American people that if his fellow senators allowed him to serve as Attorney General he’d be bound… Continue reading
Governor Jay Hammond, Permanent Fund founder, knew this time would come – the time when politicians would move to spend the Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD)… Continue reading
“If I were running things …” Have you ever started a conversation that way, maybe at the dinner table or around the water cooler? Well,… Continue reading
It is no secret that what the major media seem to care most about is radically different from what concerns average Americans. While the inside… Continue reading
