We live in an age of miracles. Throughout all of human history, material progress essentially didn’t exist until around 1800. The economic trajectory was flat… Continue reading
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
As even-handed as I try to be, it is time to be fair and balanced about Thanksgiving, meaning we should give equal time to the… Continue reading
Gov.-elect Bill Walker won’t be sworn in until Dec. 1, but he and Lt. Gov.-elect Byron Mallott are trying to hit the ground running, and… Continue reading
“You’ve got to be taught to hate...” (Oscar Hammerstein, “South Pacific”)The murder on Tuesday of five people and the serious wounding of several others while… Continue reading
When Gov.-elect Bill Walker is sworn into office Dec. 1, he’s likely to land in the first no-win scenario of his administration.Alaska’s independent governor is… Continue reading
To think that President Barack Obama has taken the oath of office four times (through accidents of circumstance, twice each time he was elected). Taking… Continue reading
Much can be told from how one handles loss in an election.The same is true in victory.Gov. Sean Parnell has conceded to Bill Walker, who… Continue reading
Across Alaska, front yards, car bumpers and jacket lapels are shedding campaign signs, stickers and pins. Air waves, newspapers and social media are focusing again… Continue reading
In a recent editorial, (Harbor Safety Committee proposal needs clearer goals, Nov. 15) the Peninsula Clarion questioned the reasons for creating a Cook Inlet Harbor… Continue reading
Author’s note: This column previously appeared in the Clarion on Dec. 3, 2004. In the intervening 10 years, my old friend Marlin Miller passed away,… Continue reading
As Alaskans prepare for the Thanksgiving holiday and the inevitable onslaught of a post-holiday shopping frenzy, it’s time think about what’s being bought and how… Continue reading
The election is over and the dust has settled. I congratulate Dan Sullivan. He and I disagreed on many issues, but now he is senator… Continue reading
When Giovanni da Verrazzano returned from his famous 16th-century voyage exploring North America, the king of France rebuked him for lack of gender inclusivity aboard… Continue reading
America’s only active heavy-duty icebreaker, the Polar Star, is mission-ready once more. The problem: The elderly vessel should have been decommissioned in 2006, and even… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — American Indian and Alaska Native children are exposed to violence at rates higher than any other social group in the nation, according to… Continue reading
As Alaskans and the rest of America emerge from their election bunkers and turn on their televisions again, we are faced with another pressing issue… Continue reading
Mitch McConnell and John Boehner’s Republicans may control Congress now, but it’s an open question as to whether McConnell and Boehner control their own party… Continue reading
One of the Affordable Care Act’s bothersome traits is its reliance on numbers to judge its success — and those numbers vary, depending on who… Continue reading
President Obama is soon expected to issue an executive order that would make it possible for some illegal immigrants, many of whom are the parents… Continue reading
