It’s that time of year: areas of the central Kenai Peninsula are starting to see some snow, and icy roads earlier this week may have… Continue reading
Here’s a concept: Let’s come up with an idea that would make things worse even if it worked, which it wouldn’t. That would describe the… Continue reading
President Barack Obama is sending more than 3,000 active duty troops to West Africa. He signed an executive order authorizing the Pentagon to call up… Continue reading
On Sunday, Oct. 12, U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Burgess issued a decision overturning Alaska’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, finding that it violates the… Continue reading
In Alaska, we are currently under the leadership of people who shut out Alaskans and local and tribal governments from major public policy decisions, who… Continue reading
I’ve been involved in state politics for 14 years, and I have to say, the progress the Legislature and Governor Parnell have made together in… Continue reading
News that Ucore Rare Metals is proceeding to the next step in its process toward developing a mine at its Bokan Mountain/Dotson Ridge property on… Continue reading
Most people don’t think about the safety of marine navigation in Cook Inlet. They didn’t before the Exxon Valdez, and they still don’t, because it’s… Continue reading
Alison Lundergan Grimes is the Todd Akin of 2014.Like the instantly notorious Republican Senate candidate from Missouri, Grimes has committed a defining political gaffe. Grimes’… Continue reading
Inevitable. That’s what some things are. You know them: death, taxes and extremely cold winters in Fairbanks.Add tobacco-free to that list.It shouldn’t come as a… Continue reading
When choosing our next Governor, I ask myself, what is the candidate’s promise and what is the evidence that he can deliver on an issue… Continue reading
This is the time of year when we hear all the drumbeating to get out the vote. Unfortunately, for too many Americans, the question is,… Continue reading
The introduction of Ballot Measure 2 is providing Alaskans great opportunity for a lot of questions, answers and a host of testimony surrounding the pros… Continue reading
Flabbergasted.That word most accurately sums up our feelings upon hearing that the Board of Fisheries has once again snubbed Kenai Peninsula residents and will hold… Continue reading
We are losing a war in Iraq and Syria, the military is shrinking dangerously as global threats are growing, and yet the Pentagon is mustering… Continue reading
The United States seems to be suffering from extreme exposure to Ebola — not to the virus itself but to the viral speculation about the… Continue reading
I have always agreed that the two subjects that should be avoided in polite conversation are religion and politics. Well, since I’m forever talking politics,… Continue reading
State Sen. Bill Wielechowski of Anchorage announced Thursday that he plans to file a bill in the coming legislative session that would strengthen the state… Continue reading
The details are still murky, but this is too good a story for cable TV to pass up.Russia has canceled a 21-year-old high-school-student exchange program… Continue reading
Three points need to be made about the Oct. 6 decision by the Supreme Court not to decide whether the equal protection clause of the… Continue reading
