Fourteen years ago, No Child Left Behind was rolled out with the promise that all the nation’s children would meet benchmarks in English and math… Continue reading
At his press conference last Wednesday, our president of self-regard again linked himself with Ronald Reagan, seeking to equate his supposed success in gaining a… Continue reading
Those who are past puberty might remember Mort Sahl. Sahl became one of the 1960s’ first insult comedians, who would trash just about anyone and… Continue reading
It seems that most of the population of Southcentral Alaska has descended up on the Kenai Peninsula and is either fishing, getting ready to fish… Continue reading
The commissioner of the state Department of Revenue was in Kenai this week to give a presentation on the scope of Alaska’s fiscal crisis —… Continue reading
Early this month, Jim Johnsen, the presumptive next president of the University of Alaska system, traveled to Juneau. It’s a tough time to be stepping… Continue reading
If only President Barack Obama were as hard-nosed and clever in undermining our adversaries as he is in kneecapping the U.S. Congress, the country’s strategic… Continue reading
Baby salmon campaign bridges social media and the great outdoorsAs Alaskans, our connections to salmon run deep. They’re everywhere in our lives and in the… Continue reading
Not that you care, but allow me to confess that I am part of the media. Not only that, but I am often proud of… Continue reading
Can you guess who said this?“We need to incentivize. We need to do on the North Slope what we did in Cook Inlet. We incentivized… Continue reading
It’s hard to have an honest debate about abortion in this country, when the issue is so often shrouded in evasion and deception.That’s why we… Continue reading
On Thursday morning, Gov. Bill Walker announced Alaska will become the 30th state to accept Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act. The governor’s unilateral… Continue reading
When I listen to Hillary Clinton speak, as she did Monday at The New School in New York, outlining her “economic policy” should she become… Continue reading
In the opening pages of Colleen Mondor’s book, “The Map of My Dead Pilots,” a handful of bush pilots are trading blue-mouthed gripes:“We’re just a… Continue reading
Earlier this week, I sent a letter to the Legislative Budget & Audit (LB&A) Committee, giving members the required 45-day notice of my intention to… Continue reading
I have a confession to make: In my entire life, I have never watched “Let’s Make a Deal.” At least until now. But in the… Continue reading
Be prepared.The phrase has long been the Boy Scout motto, but more and more, we’re seeing it put into practice on a day to bay… Continue reading
With the budget process for the 2015-16 school year just finished, the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education and administration already are looking… Continue reading
The Medicaid expansion described by Rep. Les Gara in his recent op-ed is a mythical creature that exists only in his dreams.To summarize the Anchorage… Continue reading
Grandmothers may know best, as Hillary Clinton has put it in tweets, but judging by her latest economic speech, they don’t necessarily get or like… Continue reading
