With human-bear encounters making headlines around the state, it’s a good time for a reminder to Kenai Peninsula residents that we live in bear country.… Continue reading
America came awfully close to experiencing one of the worst mass shootings in our nation’s history. As it was, Wednesday’s shooting at a practice for… Continue reading
There is a silver lining here: It enlightens anyone who believes that all those who comprise the judicial branch of our federal government, particularly the… Continue reading
Is there anyone who can point to the “Affordable Care Act” (aka Obamacare) and credibly claim it is accomplishing the goals set for it seven… Continue reading
The U.S. air traffic control system has fallen woefully behind most of the rest of the world, but we may finally be on the cusp… Continue reading
Governor Bill Walker’s decision to call the Alaska State Legislature into a Second Special Session provided the spark needed to bring all sides to the… Continue reading
How much do Democrats really want to defeat Donald Trump? It’s worth asking in the wake of the latest Democratic failure to notch an electoral… Continue reading
An important question for the nation as it struggles with its opioid epidemic is whether, or to what degree, Big Pharma is behind the disaster.… Continue reading
“Puerto Rico, my heart’s devotion. Let it sink back in the ocean.” — West Side Story The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is drowning. The island,… Continue reading
It was back in the 1930s that comedian-commentator (which may be redundant) Will Rogers said: “I am not a member of any organized political party.… Continue reading
Many times in this space, we’ve enc- ouraged various agencies to finish up with studies of this project or that, and to start moving dirt.… Continue reading
We were saddened to report the death of former Kenai city manager Rick Koch earlier this week, and will miss the contributions he had continued… Continue reading
We’re headed into Round 3. The Alaska House adjourned Thursday without compromising with the Senate on a state operating budget and coming to a solution… Continue reading
This will astonish regular readers, but I think President Donald Trump should continue what he’s doing: Contrary to the urging of all his handlers who… Continue reading
“Why do the heathen rage and the people imagine a vain thing?” (Psalm 2:1 KJV) That didn’t take long. Less than 48 hours after the… Continue reading
For decades, Chicago has had a backyard view of science at its most sublime. At Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, physicists hone our understanding of the… Continue reading
This week, in the absence of a true and complete fix to the state’s fiscal crisis from the Alaska Senate, the House passed, with bipartisan… Continue reading
Critics of Donald Trump hoped that yesterday’s congressional testimony of James Comey, former director of the FBI, would open a path to the impeachment of… Continue reading
Donald Trump, the erstwhile Democrat, independent and member of the Reform Party, finally has a fixed partisan identity. The president may be besieged, unpopular and… Continue reading
One can only guess that 66-year-old James T. Hodgkinson of Belleville, Illinois, had decided that he needed to be a hero and single-handedly rescue his… Continue reading
