Decisions regarding the size and funding of government impact all Alaskans so it’s important to have current, comprehensive information to help make wise choices. Each… Continue reading
In case you were worried the Legislature might be making too much progress in Juneau on issues of substance such as the state budget and… Continue reading
Let’s dispense with the sanctimony and admit it: Most of us really enjoy piling on. I know I do. There are few things more exhilarating… Continue reading
In the aftermath of the debacle over the Republican effort to repeal and replace Obamacare, President Trump can learn a valuable lesson that will serve… Continue reading
When we make a mess, we ought to clean it up. Whether in Ketchikan or other areas of Alaska, the Lower 48 or elsewhere, it’s… Continue reading
Suicide has affected almost all of us here in Alaska in one way or another. A family member, a friend, a colleague or someone who… Continue reading
Republicans should get used to it. Their agony on health care is just beginning. For the past seven years, the party benefited from its powerlessness,… Continue reading
The Trump administration has every reason to be exasperated by North Korea’s continued acceleration of its nuclear weapons program, which poses a threat not only… Continue reading
Before Donald Trump and his language manipulators can really plan to “drain the swamp,” as they like to say, he and his cohorts need to… Continue reading
After two days of often hostile hearings, Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch is proving himself an even-tempered, deeply knowledgeable nominee who should be confirmed by… Continue reading
Our nation is in the grips of an
opioid epidemic unlike anything we’ve seen before. Just a few short years ago, heroin was thought to… Continue reading
After two days of often hostile
hearings, Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch is proving himself an even-tempered, deeply knowledgeable nominee who should be confirmed by… Continue reading
Making end-of-year contributions is a given for many American families these days, and their philanthropic spirit is to be commended. Here in Alaska, however, we… Continue reading
It’s called a “skinny budget,” because it’s just a president’s blueprint for where the federal money goes, and it doesn’t get into details. Those will… Continue reading
Peter Micciche is at it again with SB63 to stop smoking in all public places statewide, to have clean air in all work places. We… Continue reading
Alaska’s two U.S. senators are among a bipartisan group of 23 Senate members who signed a letter to the White House budget director earlier this… Continue reading
Since 2009, the Kenai River Brown Bears went “Pink in the Rink” and auctioned custom game jerseys to benefit the Central Peninsula Health Foundation cancer… Continue reading
Here’s some news. Fishing can be an addiction regardless as to what type of fishing you do. The addiction can be fueled by internal or… Continue reading
Readers of a certain age may recall ads for Ivory Soap, which claimed to be 99 and 44/100ths percent pure. If the soap could have… Continue reading
We’re disappointed that White House press secretary Sean Spicer recently said “greater enforcement” of federal drug laws, including prohibition of marijuana, is coming. “There’s a… Continue reading
