The nation’s premier provider of abortions doesn’t want to be known for providing abortions.Planned Parenthood, embroiled in a scandal over secret videos capturing its cavalier… Continue reading
On Jan. 5, 2001, during the final moments of Bill Clinton’s administration, the then-president announced the Roadless Area Conservation Final Rule.Known thereafter as the Roadless… Continue reading
Have you spent any time pondering the fact that those of us who offer political commentary often suffer no consequences when we’re flat-out mistaken? Probably… Continue reading
It has been eight years since the last successful omnibus energy bill became law, but that didn’t dissuade Sen. Lisa Murkowski from contributing her own… Continue reading
When music fans think of “the British Invasion” they are referring to ‘60s bands like The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. Britain today, however, faces… Continue reading
Congress has a chance this week to provide a strong boost for America’s badly deteriorating infrastructure, but only if a promising solution worked out in… Continue reading
“Until the lion tells his side of the story, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.” — African proverbOn the ledger of… Continue reading
In the past, this newspaper has stated its support of the Whale Project — the effort to put a bronze whale sculpture on Juneau’s waterfront… Continue reading
WARWICK, England — When it comes to debates the Oxford Union, which bills itself as the “world’s most prestigious debating society,” remains the gold standard.… Continue reading
I think we all can agree that we wouldn’t want to be Walter Palmer right now. He’s that Minnesota dentist who’s suddenly become the object… Continue reading
Please, drive carefully.In recent weeks, we’ve seen multiple fatal motor vehicle accidents on the roads leading to and crossing the Kenai Peninsula, including a seven-vehicle… Continue reading
Native peoples throughout the world experience disproportionate levels of violence, the list includes suicide, homicide, sexual assault, domestic violence and child abuse. The United States… Continue reading
The Kenai River personal-use fishery has certainly had its share of headlines this month, as thousands of Alaskans converge on the city of Kenai to… Continue reading
On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law as an amendment to the Social Security Act. Most people who… Continue reading
This newspaper in the past year has questioned Canada’s mining standards, including if they exist. In light of the August 2014 failure of the Mount… Continue reading
In political news, the cliche that somebody has “sucked all of the air out of the room,” means, of course, that an individual has managed… Continue reading
If this week’s meeting about retail marijuana in downtown Fairbanks was any indication, there will be plenty of discussion before the community is on the… Continue reading
NASA has discovered the answer to all of our problems. It is another planet, a possible twin to Earth that could theoretically sustain life.This revelation… Continue reading
Now that Gov. Bill Walker has done an end-run around the legislative branch to expand Medicaid, it’s worth a look at how growing the program… Continue reading
Moses gave us the Ten Commandments. Paul gave us the Epistles. And Ta-Nehisi gave us “Between the World and Me.”The new book by Atlantic writer… Continue reading
