“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and… Continue reading
Donald Trump shouldn’t fire Robert Mueller, but Mueller should be the last special counsel. The Mueller probe just took a Ken Starr turn with its… Continue reading
Bravo for ‘My Fair Lady’ Wow! What a great performance Joe Rizzo and a Peninsula All Star cast have put together. If you appreciate live… Continue reading
This past week, the Clarion reported on a number of road construction projects expected to begin in the next couple of months. Our first reaction… Continue reading
It’s unrealistic to expect a quick change to federal banking laws regarding money made in the marijuana industry. That doesn’t mean the effort should be… Continue reading
Fox News host Laura Ingraham has apologized, as has the network, for nothing more serious than her tweet: “David Hogg rejected by four colleges to… Continue reading
In spite of all the controversy about Scott Pruitt’s cushy D.C. condo, it’s entirely appropriate that he was getting a sweetheart deal on a place… Continue reading
The isolationist spirit — a reluctance to become involved in foreign entanglements — goes back in U.S. history to Thomas Paine and his 1776 pamphlet… Continue reading
Alaska, in many ways, is still a frontier. We have opportunities that no other state in our country can claim. Our uniqueness is a strength,… Continue reading
All you needed to know about student activist David Hogg’s speech at the “March for Our Lives” in Washington, D.C., over the weekend was that… Continue reading
In what has become an annual event, the Choose Respect March took place Wednesday afternoon in Kenai. Dozens of participants made the walk along Frontage… Continue reading
On March 12, 1968, Alaska forever changed. That was the day a team of geologists, engineers and drillers confirmed the Prudhoe Bay oil field. The… Continue reading
The Trump administration deserves credit for expelling 60 Russian diplomats (spies, actually, claimed the White House) and for closing the Russian consulate in Seattle, which… Continue reading
KEY LARGO, Florida — At dinner with friends, I was asked what is wrong with Washington. The question presumes a standard by which “wrong” can… Continue reading
The oddest thing happened last week in Washington, D.C., as members of Congress (and then President Donald Trump) rushed to keep the government open so… Continue reading
Across the world, the hashtag #DeleteFacebook has been trending on Twitter, Google and, most ironically, on Facebook itself. It is in immediate response to the… Continue reading
Does anybody know or care where Laura Ingraham is “vacationing”? Ingraham, who has been a mouthpiece for right-wing nastiness for decades, recently had gravitated to… Continue reading
President Donald Trump gets results. His attacks on Amazon have tanked the company’s stock. It’s hard to think of a more pointlessly destructive act of… Continue reading
House Bill 382 would create a Railbelt Electrical System Authority to oversee region wide planning of energy generation and transmission projects. It would create a… Continue reading
We the people can decide to assign our Alaska Permanent Fund dividends to government agencies. Who knew? In 1992, the state Legislature banned individual Alaskans… Continue reading
