After the experience of the past two weeks, it’s not White House adviser Stephen Miller and Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton who should be expelled from… Continue reading
The Alaska Department of Transportation plans to move ahead with its double-roundabout project at the intersection of Chena Hot Springs Road and the Steese Highway.… Continue reading
We would say something like, “It’s that time of year again,” but we’d be lying. This year’s flu season has shaped up to be something… Continue reading
Chuck Schumer started a government shutdown he couldn’t finish. The New York Democrat, among the shrewdest operators in national politics, stumbled badly because he succumbed… Continue reading
Alaskans need to pitch in for government services I have been a resident of this great land since 1949. I married a local born and… Continue reading
#Whew. In social media terminology, where hashtags (the # symbol) help make terms searchable, that’s the word of the day after the lower Kenai Peninsula… Continue reading
Hate the Internal Revenue Service? Worried that you won’t be able to fill out your returns correctly under the new tax law? Do not take… Continue reading
The new federal unit that is being created under the ruse of freedom of conscience will jeopardize health care. The Conscience and Religious Freedom Division… Continue reading
I was disappointed to see that the Alaska Senate Majority has stooped to employing another push-poll to shape public opinion regarding our fiscal crisis and… Continue reading
If we don’t like what is happening in Washington — and few do — the blame must be placed squarely where it belongs. It is… Continue reading
On behalf of the Kenai Peninsula Builders Association (KPBA) Board of Directors, we’d like to offer a heartfelt thank you to those member companies and… Continue reading
Congressional Republicans breathed new life last year into the all-but-ignored Congressional Review Act, using it to reverse a wide range of Obama administration regulations on… Continue reading
“Compromise is not capitulation.” That was Gov. Bill Walker’s message to legislators in his State of the State speech on Thursday. “The longer we hold… Continue reading
It hasn’t been easy recently to make an attack against President Donald Trump that is over-the-top enough to stand out from the run-of-the-mill hysteria, but… Continue reading
Dismissal of federal criminal charges against Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy will almost certainly result in more trouble. How well or poorly it ends will depend… Continue reading
“When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.” — Confucius Is China about to do the United States a big favor, however unwittingly? According… Continue reading
It’s easy to have sympathy for some 200,000 Salvadoran immigrants who now face possible deportation, and yet still acknowledge that the events that allowed them… Continue reading
It appears the residents of King Cove will finally have a road built through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge to connect their city to the all-weather… Continue reading
There’s a comment we get on occasion that goes something like this: “The ideas on the Clarion’s Opinion page don’t represent my point of view.”… Continue reading
The ancient Greeks referred to the dramatic moment in some of their plays as “deus ex machina,” the god from the machine. The term, introduced… Continue reading
