Side issues — some of them created by the president himself — have obscured the accomplishments of the Donald Trump administration during his first year… Continue reading
House and Senate Republican leaders are hoping Congress will vote on and approve a reconciled Senate tax bill before Dec. 22. In the meantime, the… Continue reading
The past two months of electoral losses for the Trump GOP feel very familiar. Newly elected President Barack Obama’s party lost off-year gubernatorial elections in… Continue reading
The issue of “Dreamers” — children who were brought to the United States as children by undocumented parents, and many of whom are now young… Continue reading
Multnomah County wasn’t even ready to start recruiting homeowners for a pilot project seeking hosts for homeless families to live in county-built tiny homes on… Continue reading
It’s a wonder that President Donald Trump devotes so much time to discrediting the press, when the press does so much to discredit itself. The… Continue reading
“Sweetheart.” “Honey.” “Baby.” How are we supposed to get any work done when you’re “dressed like that?” We’re disgusted by the actions of state Rep.… Continue reading
LONDON — “Come in. We love Americans.” It was a restauranteur hustling customers outside his establishment here in London. My wife and I are here… Continue reading
On behalf of all of us at the Kenai Watershed Forum I wanted to say thanks to everyone who came to our holiday open house… Continue reading
It’s December 8, 2017, 10:15 a.m … It’s frosty and clear here in Nikiski, AK… The roads are slick with black ice… Robert S., age… Continue reading
In September 1862, a group of Chicago ministers sent a “memorial” (or long letter) to President Abraham Lincoln in which they made a theological argument… Continue reading
Rep. John Conyers, D-Michigan,
resigned from office Tuesday in light of sexual misconduct allegations against him. Rep. Conyers said his legacy would not be tarnished… Continue reading
In December 2016, Michael Flynn was three weeks from becoming the national-security adviser to the next president of the United States. This is a pertinent… Continue reading
President Trump’s son-in-law and designated Middle East peace envoy, Jared Kushner, told the Brookings Institution’s Saban Forum last weekend that a peace agreement between Israel… Continue reading
Here’s how to become a principal in Washington: be unprincipled. In order to stand any chance of advancing to leadership, one must lead from behind,… Continue reading
What do commercial cannabis establishments and gravel pits have in common? In the Kenai Peninsula Borough, both are enterprises over which borough government has limited… Continue reading
In his Alabama appearance for Roy Moore, Steve Bannon turned in an intellectually and morally putrid performance even by his standards. There is a partisan… Continue reading
Ketchikan has a drug problem. Largely, it’s methamphetamine. In the past two months, the Ketchikan Police Department and the Alaska State Troopers confiscated several hundred… Continue reading
We are now fully immersed in the holiday season here on the central Kenai Peninsula. Christmas has come to Kenai and visited Soldotna Creek Park,… Continue reading
This is my personal story and a #Me Too as well. I was 10 years old. He was a middle-aged family friend. The year was… Continue reading
