Hillary Clinton is in a formidable position to win the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, should she decide to run. But someone else also is… Continue reading
Draping his league bosses in undeserved nobility, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver on Tuesday banned for life and fined a team owner whose bigotry had embarrassed… Continue reading
Pat and Myrna Cowan, the entire golfing community including over 200 individuals who either delivered written support or personally attended two council meetings, several charity… Continue reading
It’s time for the word of the day, people. Today’s choice is “ambivalence.” For those who might think it describes an emergency vehicle that takes… Continue reading
Still not convinced that the 90-day legislative session is a bad idea?House Speaker Mike Chenault, a supporter of the shorter session, offered a revealing observation… Continue reading
You know things are bad when you can’t wait for the return of a TV character to demonstrate what resolve and leadership really look like.… Continue reading
Do you want to set your kids up for future financial success? Then start now. That’s the first rule of introducing your kids to financial… Continue reading
In the first month of 1910, archdeacon Hudson Stuck mushed into the Yukon River village of Rampart and found decay.“There is no resisting the melancholy… Continue reading
All you really need to know about Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s dissent in this week’s affirmative-action case is that Attorney General Eric Holder praised… Continue reading
When President Barack Obama scrubbed an October trip to Asia to attend to the government shutdown in Washington, Asian leaders worried that it meant the… Continue reading
Honestly, unless you are a big government liberal, how many people think the federal government should have more power than it already exercises over its… Continue reading
It’s a platitude we hear about politics all the time: Negative campaigns should be avoided. I don’t know how to break this to everybody, but… Continue reading
We’ve had some good news and some disappointing news involving the industrial facilities in Nikisi over the past couple of weeks.The good news first: on… Continue reading
With the legislative session in overtime this year, it begs the question, why do we have a limit on how long the Legislature can meet… Continue reading
In spite of the fact that Alaska is on equal footing with all other states in the Union regarding the number of representatives we can… Continue reading
In their wisdom, our Founding Fathers created a system of checks and balances and competing influences among the president and Congress, the states and the… Continue reading
Monday’s 118th running of the Boston Marathon displayed in full measure the resolve and unity meant by “Boston strong.”A year after explosions at the finish… Continue reading
Just to be clear, I may have been wrong. Of course, that’s nothing new for a political commentator, although usually we don’t have to admit… Continue reading
“Happiness is 10,000 Texans headed south with an Okie under each arm.”If you lived in Alaska in 1977, you probably remember that bumper sticker. Thirty-seven… Continue reading
One of the reasons our political structure has become dysfunctional no matter which party is in power is that too many of us are living… Continue reading
