Op-ed: The Jacksonian appeal of Trump

After the Paris attack, conventional wisdom held that Republican voters would finally turn away from political outsiders and reward candidates representing sobriety and experience. No… Continue reading

  • Nov 25, 2015
  • By Rich Lowry

Counting our blessings in Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving: it’s a time to say thanks for our families, our friends, the abundance of food that crowds our tables and the other blessings we… Continue reading

  • Nov 25, 2015

Op-ed: Thanksgiving emptiness

Thanksgiving is great and all that. It’s an excuse to gorge ourselves and, nowadays, a motivation to move our satiated bodies and engage in some… Continue reading

  • Nov 24, 2015
  • By Bob Franken

What others say: Little by little, reduced services highlight state’s serious budget problem

An unsettling notice arrived from the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities just before 7 p.m. Thursday. It warned of difficult driving conditions on… Continue reading

  • Nov 24, 2015

Op-ed: Terrorists as ‘tourists’

President Obama has put a new twist on the Islamic invasion now taking place across Europe and the United States. Speaking to reporters last week… Continue reading

  • Nov 23, 2015
  • By Cal Thomas

What others say: UK debates role in fighting ISIS

The extent to which politics has changed in the wake of the Paris attacks can be seen in the confidence with which the prime minister… Continue reading

  • Nov 23, 2015

A salmon horror story

You sit back in your cinema seat and grab your popcorn.The lights go down and the show begins. A giant wooden door appears on the… Continue reading

  • Nov 22, 2015

Cruz seeks to cast himself as the electable conservative

SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Ted Cruz is among the most hated men in Washington, reviled by leaders of both parties as an ideological hard-liner loyal… Continue reading

  • Nov 22, 2015
  • By STEVE PEOPLES

Op-ed: The race to riot on campus

College campuses are again in turmoil. According to The New York Times, “Racist, sexist and anti-Semitic incidents on and near college campuses from Dartmouth to… Continue reading

  • Nov 21, 2015
  • By Cal Thomas

Op-ed: Our cheapened instincts

What’s most pathetic about the presidential campaign is how it’s becoming little more than a battle between cheap-shot artists. Each day brings a new limbo… Continue reading

  • Nov 21, 2015
  • By Bob Franken

Voices of Alaska: Unified effort in Congress protects Alaska’s seafood powerhouse

Alaska is our nation’s seafood powerhouse. With nine of our country’s top twenty fishing ports by volume, we understand the vital role our seafood industry… Continue reading

  • Nov 19, 2015
  • By Sen. Lisa Murkowski

Coffee on fish board menu

After years of arguments about fairness, access and influence, it may finally be that what it takes to get a Board of Fisheries meeting on… Continue reading

  • Nov 19, 2015

Op-ed: After Paris, empty symbolism

The instant online symbol of global support for Paris after last week’s attacks was a roughly rendered peace symbol with an Eiffel Tower in the… Continue reading

  • Nov 18, 2015
  • By Rich Lowry

What others say: Paris not the only target

A horrific terror attack by Islamic State that killed many in a world capital: Yes, in Paris on Friday. But a day earlier the target… Continue reading

  • Nov 18, 2015

Voices of Alaska: More support needed for victims of sex trafficking

Although we were disappointed earlier this year when the first lady refused to meet with our group, which is made up of current and former… Continue reading

  • Nov 17, 2015
  • By Terra Burns

Op-ed: Empty threat

Here is one of the most disturbing questions of all: How do you severely punish groups of fanatics for whom martyrdom is the highest aspiration?… Continue reading

  • Nov 17, 2015
  • By Bob Franken

What others say: Closing down schools will shut down communities

There have been and will continue to be many discussions among lawmakers and the public as to how best shore up Alaska’s $4 billion budget… Continue reading

  • Nov 17, 2015

Voices of Alaska: Bullard appointment will benefit Alaskans

Governor Bill Walker made an appointment a few weeks ago that has received little attention but that produced great benefit to the state and its… Continue reading

  • Nov 16, 2015
  • By Nicole Borromeo

Op-ed: Massacre in Paris

Just hours before the terrorist attacks in Paris last week, for which ISIS has claimed responsibility, “Good Morning America” broadcast an interview with President Obama.… Continue reading

  • Nov 16, 2015
  • By Cal Thomas

What others say: Immigration reform to wait for next president

Immigration reform from Congress will have to await the inauguration of the next president in 2017. Last week, new Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan put… Continue reading

  • Nov 16, 2015