The University of Alaska is in a difficult position. Facing budget cuts that have extended and deepened for multiple years, the state’s higher education system… Continue reading
My number one priority is to work diligently to chart a path to fiscal sustainability for the State of Alaska. The first component of developing… Continue reading
You’ve probably heard the very old riddle: When is a door not a door? When it’s ajar.An updated version might go like this: When is… Continue reading
Here’s a tough question, but first, you have to presume you’re Hillary Clinton, except that you have to give a straight answer. So, if you… Continue reading
Ketchikan isn’t Tijuana.And it doesn’t want to be.Tourists come to Ketchikan to see and experience the community. Here, businesses allow potential customers to find us… Continue reading
To say the run-up to the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics was rocky would be a supreme understatement. Stories — some quite shocking — about… Continue reading
Ladies and gentlemen, summer is quickly passing. Fishing is coming to an end, visitors and tourists are starting to head for home, school will be… Continue reading
For more than a month, Secretary of State John F. Kerry has been pressing the regime of Vladimir Putin to accept what, for Moscow, would… Continue reading
Ya gotta love a government that knows what’s important.On May 8, Governor Walker signed a bill into law establishing August 10 of each year as… Continue reading
This is what political courage looks like: U.S. Rep. Richard Hanna, a Republican from New York, told Syracuse.com Tuesday that he would not vote for… Continue reading
Donald Trump got sound advice the other day. At a rally at Davenport, Iowa, he told the crowd that a prominent supporter had called and… Continue reading
My recent trip to the Kenai Peninsula was very different then trips of past. I left the fishing rods and waders behind. The goal of… Continue reading
Paul Simon’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water” was an obvious choice for a convention striving to be one - and much more apropos than his “America,”… Continue reading
To be honest, I never realized that Mike Pence had such a wild sense of humor. I pegged him as more the “earnest” extremist, not… Continue reading
According to a recently released report from the World Anti-Doping Agency, Russia’s government ran a “systematic scheme” to infuse the Russian team with performance-enhancing drugs… Continue reading
Environmentalists should be pleased with Hillary Clinton’s acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention Thursday night, because it was largely recycled talking points we have… Continue reading
A report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration earlier this month contained a small but — from the Alaska view — telling notation.The July 11… Continue reading
I had an extremely moving meeting in Washington, D.C. last fall with a group of Alaskan women. They were in the capital to attend the… Continue reading
The Democratic Party has perhaps never been so radical or so conventional.The Democrats are now to the left of President Barack Obama and are desperately… Continue reading
Paul Simon’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water” was an obvious choice for a convention striving to be one — and much more apropos than his “America,”… Continue reading
