With long sunny days and warming temperatures, it’s time for a reminder to drivers that we’re sharing the road with two-wheeled vehicles.Gov. Bill Walker recently… Continue reading
Down through all the millennia that mankind has smoked tobacco, no one would have believed (or even imagined) that a battery-powered contraption with no tobacco… Continue reading
A Fairbanks City Council vote last week finally put to rest one of the most needless controversies in local government this year. Exercising veto power… Continue reading
He watches from the loftiest perch on the planet. Barack Obama has more than eight months left to his presidency, after seven grueling years of… Continue reading
On Thursday, the Alaska House voted 28-11 to approve Senate Bill 91.The Alaska Senate should concur with the amendments made by the House to this… Continue reading
Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, has broken just about every political rule and precedent this election cycle, so what difference would it make… Continue reading
Competition is healthy.That one of only two companies offering individual health insurance policies to Alaskans is compelled by costs to exit that market is sickening.Moda… Continue reading
Every Trump critic had “Oh, hell” moments during the primary season.They were when Donald Trump demonstrated a keen, gut-level political instinct that even an exceptionally… Continue reading
And so it ends for the GOP — in Indiana, the heartland, and in May.Not in a brokered national convention. Not with much drama as… Continue reading
Given its track record, one wonders why socialism is gaining in popularity in the U.S. and what appeal it has to a generation that, apparently,… Continue reading
You gotta hand it to House Speaker Paul Ryan. He has successfully staked his claim to the moral high ground — at least when it… Continue reading
Usually on Mother’s Day, we use this space to opine on the joys of motherhood. This year, we thought we’d try something a little different,… Continue reading
Here’s a little homework assignment before school lets out for the summer and Kenai Peninsula residents turn their attention to other pursuits: take some time… Continue reading
The cost to run the entire Alaska Court System — heating the courthouses, paying judges, paying clerical staff, down to the staples and paper clips… Continue reading
Donald Trump is lucky in his enemies.Every time leftist protesters disrupt one of his events or stage a riot outside, he benefits. They aren’t on… Continue reading
During the mid-1900s, Texas lobbyists kept their state legislators in line with the “Three Bs” — bourbon, beefsteak and blondes.We’d like to believe Alaska’s political… Continue reading
Frankly, it serves him right. Ted Cruz is the target of no small amount of scorn for what he said while using the famous gymnasium… Continue reading
Since as long as I can remember the City of Soldotna has had a low sales tax rate (3 percent) and a low property tax… Continue reading
The familiar signs beginning to appear along local roads are a dead giveaway: Campaign season is here. It’s been a busy year for campaigning already… Continue reading
One of the sad consequences of the westward settlement of the United States was the near eradication of the grizzly bear. Once an iconic symbol… Continue reading
