Along with melting snow, spring this year brought the opening of a long-awaited community resource: a shelter aimed at providing housing for the Interior’s homeless… Continue reading
I’m sure you, too, have been caught up in breathless speculation over whether Hillary Clinton will do the deed and actually run for president. That’s… Continue reading
The problem with starting a political campaign with a deception is that eventually it unravels and has to be abandoned or it has to be… Continue reading
President Obama appears to have forgotten — or ignored — why we have elections. One reason is to stop, or slow down, an agenda the… Continue reading
Thursday’s debate between Republican hopefuls for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Sen. Mark Begich was a meaningful kickoff to the body of the… Continue reading
Over the years I’ve read many of the reports written for the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER). In May, ISER published the report… Continue reading
Lois Lerner managed to contain her disappointment when she learned in 2011 that she had lost two years’ worth of emails — forever. After being… Continue reading
Public outrage over Edward Snowden’s revelations of spying abuses by the National Security Agency has finally had a welcomed consequence. Congress — supine for years… Continue reading
People who refuse to drink the Kool-Aid known as global warming-climate change are not just “deniers”; we are guilty of a “nihilistic refusal” to address… Continue reading
Following this administration’s Egypt line of thinking, there would have been little reason to oppose the Syrian Bashar al-Assad regime. True, he is a blood-lust… Continue reading
We’re embarrassed by recent revelations that two prominent Alaska politicians have been accused of violating ethics and campaign finance laws. A House Ethics Committee found… Continue reading
Two items in the news this week should prove more than just a silver lining for everyone impacted by the sport and commercial fishing industries… Continue reading
We haven’t learned much new about Hillary Clinton on her book tour except that she mistakes herself for a version of Norma Rae.First, during an… Continue reading
A study by the state Department of Health and Social Services released earlier this month gave insight into the segment of Alaska’s population that falls… Continue reading
That recent Pew Research Center poll is pretty jarring. We are so politically polarized in this country that nearly one in three “consistently conservative” Americans… Continue reading
Please stay home on August 19. On October 7, go hiking. When November 4 rolls around, watch a movie.If fewer people vote, each vote matters… Continue reading
It is a line I have used to open speeches on the lecture circuit for years and it never fails to get a laugh: “I’m… Continue reading
It’s general knowledge that standards for policymaking in Congress have sunk to abysmal lows.The executive branch of government isn’t doing much to set a better… Continue reading
The death of Healy resident Gitte Stryhn as she biked to work early Thursday morning wasn’t the first tragedy of its type, and it won’t… Continue reading
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s contribution to the Washington Redskins debate is pettifogging absurdity in the service of rank politically correct bullying.A panel of… Continue reading
