Critics of Donald Trump worry what would happen if a man with little regard for the Constitution and a willingness to impose his personal will… Continue reading
Sometime in the next 10 days, you should expect Gov. Bill Walker to veto all or part of the funding for your Alaska Permanent Fund… Continue reading
Ranking right up there with the line, “Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you like the play?” is this recent headline in The Washington… Continue reading
There was a time in Alaska when leadership was seized by those who had inexhaustible enthusiasm and strong motivation to address the challenges faced by… Continue reading
Though they may not have intended it as such, an interesting discussion led to a solution for an ordinance that wasn’t even introduced at Tuesday’s… Continue reading
Remember when you were a kid sitting at the dinner table, and you couldn’t be excused until you ate your vegetables? You pushed them around… Continue reading
Ketchikan in recent years has seen remarkable changes in the percentages of dogs and cats that are being adopted rather than euthanized — and in… Continue reading
Almost as soon as the massacre at the Orlando nightclub Pulse ended, Democrats took up their push to forbid people on the terrorism watch list… Continue reading
On Tuesday, National Public Radio’s “Morning Edition” reported that the short list for Hillary Clinton’s running mate includes Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Virginia’s very… Continue reading
How low can we go? When it comes to politics, that’s a question that has a new answer nearly every day. Each time we think… Continue reading
Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) recently disclosed that a congressional investigation has found at least 72 employees of the Department of Homeland Security listed on the… Continue reading
Among the symbols of advancing technology, heightened focus on security and fears of eroding privacy rights, it’s hard to find a more prominent icon than the… Continue reading
One of Donald Trump’s political skills is giving widely condemned speeches.His post-Orlando jeremiad fit the pattern, but the speech was a little like Wagner’s music… Continue reading
You can hug something to death, you know.Alaskans are about to learn that lesson.On Friday, the House Finance Committee voted 5-6 against moving Senate Bill… Continue reading
Coming home to Nikiski, however briefly during the legislative session, my friends and neighbors all asked me the same question: What’s going on?Today, that’s changed… Continue reading
“Raymond Shaw is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I’ve ever known in my life.” — Frank Sinatra, as Maj. Bennett Marco“His brain… Continue reading
By now, those who follow Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly politics have had a chance to consider the package of tax code changes proposed by Borough… Continue reading
Some good news this week from the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services: smoking rates across the state have declined over the past two… Continue reading
President Barack Obama desperately wanted to be a peacetime president, yet is ending his second term with Islamic terror attacks looming larger than at any… Continue reading
Working in concert, science and government can save lives. A classic case: Federally funded research has shaped policies that have slashed the number of auto… Continue reading
