The disastrous effects of climate change are impacting Alaska harder than any other U.S. state. The Arctic is heating up more than twice as fast… Continue reading
Who would have thought back in 2010 when Rand Paul won election to the Senate as a libertarian champion that the first media blowup in… Continue reading
Standing above Mission Street is an archway welcoming visitors to Ketchikan, the Salmon Capital of the World.If that proclamation is correct — and it most… Continue reading
Why does it make sense to take on Medicaid expansion in these times of fiscal challenges and diminished budgets? Aren’t we supposed to be tightening… Continue reading
Our lone Congressman, Don Young, recently introduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives to reauthorize our federal fisheries management law, the Magnuson-Stevens Act. The… Continue reading
Fishing was in the news this week (on the Kenai Peninsula, there aren’t too many weeks when fishing isn’t in the news) but with the… Continue reading
I attended a school board meeting Monday. The first 80 minutes were about the looming cuts to education. There were teachers’ testimonies that were balanced… Continue reading
As this column goes to press, it has been 129 days since Gov. Bill Walker was sworn in to office.It has been 92 days since… Continue reading
Daylight saving time doesn’t likely have a great many fans in Alaska. There are good reasons for that: The shift in daylight hours because of… Continue reading
We live in the era of the anti-Christian pogrom. The slaughter at Garissa University College in Kenya that killed nearly 150 people last week was… Continue reading
The competition is stiff, but clearly the latest prize winner for the most inane public comment is Sen. Tom Cotton, the newbie from Arkansas who… Continue reading
Tuesday’s scare at the Juneau International Airport appears to be much ado about nothing. For about 30 minutes that morning, however, we’re certain a plethora… Continue reading
Too bad the “framework” of a nuclear weapons deal with Iran didn’t come four days earlier on April Fools’ Day. It would have been more… Continue reading
There’s no question the Alaska Legislature has a Herculean task on its hands: a budget deficit of about $3.5 billion, an amount so staggering that… Continue reading
School districts around the state continue to take it on the chin as the Legislature slashes its way through the operating budget. The Senate passed… Continue reading
I’m endlessly amazed by the continued success of Orwellian doublespeak, where propagandists — uh, excuse me, advocates — are able to shamelessly turn language upside… Continue reading
“Drill, baby drill!”That’s the punchline. You already know the joke.This week, President Obama and the Department of the Interior upheld a 2008 Arctic lease sale,… Continue reading
As both a lifelong Alaskan and commercial fisher, I wanted to share my views on Senate Bill 42, establishing personal use priority in times of… Continue reading
Perhaps the most important event in Western history occurred on the road to Damascus, when Saul of Tarsus fell to the ground and converted from… Continue reading
Act locally.That’s one of the most important takeaways from last week’s Kenai Climate Conference, which brought together scientists, politicians and members of the public to… Continue reading
