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
Thanks to WikiLeaks, which has released nearly 20,000 emails hacked from the Democratic National Committee — with promises of more to come — we have… Continue reading
I am so confused: Was the hacking of the Democratic National Committee emails and subsequent public release by WikiLeaks right before the party convention part… Continue reading
The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly eventually voted down an ordinance that would have moved the boundary between the Central Peninsula Hospital and South Peninsula Hospital… Continue reading
With presidential campaigns grabbing headlines and the state primary elections approaching, it would be understandable if folks on the central Kenai Peninsula didn’t want to… Continue reading
If only we could get to know the real Hillary Clinton. Unveiling the Hillary we supposedly don’t know has been the perpetual, elusive goal of… Continue reading
When was the last time you cheered the fact that the price of something rose 10 percent?That seemed to be what the state of Alaska… Continue reading
Hillary Clinton frequently will acknowledge that she’s not really the kind of campaigner who gets the adrenaline pumping. Instead, her pitch uses words like “steady,”… Continue reading
Alaska needs its industry — big and small.One of its oldest is the timber industry, and, while it isn’t as big as it used to… Continue reading
There really is only one adult in the messy room of Alaska’s finances. It’s Gov. Bill Walker.Gov. Walker came up with a plan to close… Continue reading
