This is the way the federal government should work.Alaska has a surplus of pink salmon from the 2013 record harvest. The feds need food to… Continue reading
It was a little, incongruous shall we say, for the country’s two-term vice president, Joe Biden, to say, as he did at a rally this… Continue reading
Prior to his annual steak fry, retiring Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) said this about Hillary Clinton to Dan Balz of The Washington Post: “...she is… Continue reading
“I am extremely frustrated and I am angry that it has taken this long to get to the bottom of these issues. In hindsight it… Continue reading
Only President Barack Obama would feel compelled to mention the success of the American auto industry in a speech rallying the nation for a long… Continue reading
America is stronger when our allies are stronger.That, put plainly, is why folks in the United States should care whether Scotland votes to secede from… Continue reading
The “indefinite suspension” of Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice for knocking out his then-fiancee, now wife, in an elevator at an Atlantic City casino… Continue reading
The question wasn’t really as comprehensive as it could have been, but the Washington Post-ABC news poll was nevertheless startling: a majority of those responding,… Continue reading
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HAS BEEN IN THE national headlines this week as NFL star Ray Rice was cut by the Baltimore Ravens and suspended from the… Continue reading
The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District took an important step forward this week in naming an interim superintendent and outlining a plan to fill the… Continue reading
No one will ever mistake President Barack Obama for Lyndon Johnson, the master legislator as president. He doesn’t really do congressional schmoozing or arm-twisting. Compromise… Continue reading
In 1899, a group of Seattle businessmen wanted a centerpiece for Pioneer Square. They took a steamship north to the Tlingit village of Tongass, chopped… Continue reading
Faithful readers (both of you) possibly will remember back to what I wrote just a few weeks ago. Well, maybe not, but it was a… Continue reading
When your head is in the clouds, it’s easy to lose track of your feet.Last week, the 17th rocket since 1998 lifted off from the… Continue reading
The soap opera that played out in Richmond these last weeks and ended with the convictions of former Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen,… Continue reading
President Barack Obama’s stated goal in the fight against the Islamic State, aka ISIS, is to reduce it to a “manageable problem.”What this means, he… Continue reading
Cold Cape Cod clams, delectable Maine lobster, Georges Bank halibut, sweet northern shrimp, tiny populations of wild salmon, sea-running alewives, and every species one can… Continue reading
OK. I admit it: I’m a guy. Not only that, but apparently a guy who likes to flirt with professional suicide, as evidenced by my… Continue reading
A NEWLY OPENED KENAI-BASED SURGICALcenter has been at the center of a growing controversy due to its inability to treat Medicare and Medicaid patients without… Continue reading
We met by accident. How else could it have been with two people who are so different? Or are we?It was the early 1980s when… Continue reading
