Duplicate and similar sounding street names are a problem everywhere for emergency responders. Just a simple Google search for “duplicate street names” brings up articles… Continue reading
When you get ready to make a significant decision in life, whether it is buying a car or home, choosing a career, or having to… Continue reading
The Web browser company Mozilla prides itself on its commitment to openness on the Web, just not openness of thought.Decades from now, people may wonder… Continue reading
Anyone wondering where Alaska’s senior U.S. senator stands on where the Air Force should base two Pacific Rim squadrons of the new F-35 fighters need… Continue reading
In the Superman comic books of my youth, “Bizarro World” was a parallel universe where everyday was Opposite Day. Up meant down, bad meant good,… Continue reading
Using a quarter of your savings to pay down an ever-growing debt makes sense, but it’s hard not to pause when you’re paying $3 billion.That’s… Continue reading
I live in a remote coastal village in Lower Cook Inlet, and my family and my community depend on the ocean for food. Whether it’s… Continue reading
The Alaska Legislature has two weeks remaining in its second session. This is the time when Alaskans need to pay particular attention to controversial measures… Continue reading
Every time the Supreme Court rules in favor of the First Amendment in a campaign-finance case, the left recoils in disgust.The court’s 5-4 decision in… Continue reading
If the Internal Revenue Service was auditing you, and you whined that getting all the documentation agents wanted was too hard and would take you… Continue reading
When people speak of a legacy, they usually mean something other than what the late economist Milton Friedman and his wife, Rose, left behind, namely… Continue reading
Is this a great country or what? Where else could a Chris Christie believe that once he grows up, he can be president of the… Continue reading
Everyone knows that 9-1-1 is a universal number that should be called in the event of an emergency ... or do they? 9-1-1 centers all… Continue reading
In his January State of the State address, Gov. Sean Parnell declared the current session of the Legislature to be the “education session.”But with just… Continue reading
25 years has passed since the Exxon Valdez oil spill and this recent anniversary reminds Alaskans, and the world, of the importance of oil spill… Continue reading
Jeremiah Denton, the Vietnam War POW who has died at age 89, uttered one of the great statements of defiance in American history.In 1965, he… Continue reading
Alaska will take the win.A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed this week that the Tongass National Forest is exempt from the Clinton-era Roadless… Continue reading
Last week, Gov. Sean Parnell created a municipal advisory board to weigh in on issues surrounding a natural gas pipeline project that could eventually tie… Continue reading
Much is being made of the various cable news networks’ coverage saturation of one story or another and the reasons for their television tunnel vision.… Continue reading
The Tongass National Forest is once again exempt from the Roadless Rule.The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 this week to reinstate exempt… Continue reading
