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
It has been a momentous week in Alaska politics as gubernatorial candidates Bill Walker, an independent candidate, and Byron Mallott, a Democrat, merged their campaigns.… Continue reading
There are no words for the horror of Rotherham.More than 1,400 young girls have been raped and brutally exploited in the northern England town of… Continue reading
Among those who have the power to do anything about it, this editorial will almost certainly fall on deaf ears. That’s a strange thing to… Continue reading
ISIS is a force for evil that poses an imminent security threat to the United States, but please, let us get back to you on… Continue reading
Well, that might be the last time he wears a tan suit in public. President Barack Obama, who had called a news conference to discuss… Continue reading
The Ice Bucket Challenge has had quite a ride.Over the course of a summer it has become an internet sensation and raised millions (close to… Continue reading
From 1948 to 1961, there was a show called “This Is Your Life,” hosted by Ralph Edwards. In it, an unsuspecting celebrity was lured to… Continue reading
Two related issues tightly wound together are strangling the truth by misrepresenting facts in the current Mideast crisis. They are the death toll in Gaza… Continue reading
“The best laid schemes of mice and men often go awry.” — Scottish poet Robert Burns, “To a Mouse” (1786)CAIRNRYAN, Scotland — For Americans whose… Continue reading
