Blaming oil tax reform for Alaska’s current budget deficit is just plain wrong.Our budget deficit today is a result of low oil prices, low oil… Continue reading
The White House has now become a stickler for protocol, especially when it comes to relations between the two political branches. The new persnicketiness arises… Continue reading
The Gordian Knot is one of the many legends surrounding Alexander the Great. It’s a story a lot like the Sword in the Stone. In… Continue reading
Will somebody please explain why we give a hoot about “Deflategate”? For those who have had the good sense to avoid the news and sports… Continue reading
It’s no surprise that President Obama wants to score an environmental victory by setting aside millions of acres in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as… Continue reading
The 29th Alaska Legislature has the opportunity to right a serious wrong, something the Legislature before it failed to do.A bill known best as “Erin’s… Continue reading
President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address was an advertisement for his ideological fixity, and so he reiterated his unbending determination to close down… Continue reading
Interior power co-op Golden Valley Electric Association announced this week that starting in March, local power customers will pay close to 3 cents less per… Continue reading
LONDON — It is an old debating point: Do the times make the man, or does the man make the times? In the case of… Continue reading
The National Weather Service reports that 2014 was Alaska’s warmest year on record. Even with record-breaking temperatures occurring all across the state, I see climate… Continue reading
They can call it the State of the Union speech all they want, but what we witnessed as President Barack Obama confronted the Republican-controlled Congress… Continue reading
Money doesn’t grow on trees, nor have timber sales grown with them. Unfortunately for rural communities near land owned by the federal government — the… Continue reading
Alaska fishery politics are never boring, but Tuesday’s events certainly will give people plenty to talk about.On Tuesday, Board of Fisheries Chairman Karl Johnstone tendered… Continue reading
Clint Eastwood’s new movie, “American Sniper,” marks the return of the American war hero.Heroism on the battlefield had never gone away, of course, far from… Continue reading
Gov. Bill Walker and the Alaska Legislature have a difficult task ahead.Facing massive deficits from low prices and production of oil — the state’s primary… Continue reading
While Gov. Bill Walker has acted within his authority during his first month in office, a number of those actions, including the removal of three… Continue reading
Last week, Sen.-elect Bill Stoltze, a Republican from Chugiak, went public with his plans to file legislation that would move the Alaska Legislature from Anchorage… Continue reading
When I was a little boy growing up in Anchorage, I knew just what to do if I caught on fire: “Stop, drop, and roll.”… Continue reading
Back at the beginning of my TV career, in Cleveland local news, on-camera minority reporters were few and far between. Our business was just discovering… Continue reading
Americans love food. Now more than ever, it’s a refuge from the world’s intractable difficulties — and a rich, tactile alternative to the arm’s-length enjoyments… Continue reading
