“These are clothes that absolutely refuse to flatter you,” David Sedaris wrote in the New Yorker last year. He referred to that article when he… Continue reading
Alaska is in a budget crisis. The “gravest fiscal crisis in state history,” according to Gov. Bill Walker. But the crisis wasn’t caused by a… Continue reading
The state Legislature proved that, despite the ridiculous and unjustified censure of David Eastman, they had not quite lost their minds, nor bought into every… Continue reading
There is no nonviolent way more certain to destroy Alaska society and culture than an income tax concurrent with the Permanent Fund Dividend. Taxing Alaskans… Continue reading
For the last four months, the new Majority Coalition in the Alaska House of Representatives have worked on a responsible solution to Alaska’s fiscal crisis.… Continue reading
No matter who you are or what you do, tax laws affect your life every day. And no matter where elected officials are discussing those… Continue reading
This is the first in a series of monthly columns about STEM in Juneau: what it is, why it’s important, and what it looks like… Continue reading
Alaska’s oil companies display the situational ethics of a band of rich, randy frat boys with pockets full of roofies. Though nothing compares with the… Continue reading
I’m writing to support and second the comments on Wedneday’s editorial page by Rich Seifert, a longtime friend of mine from Fairbanks. For several months… Continue reading
As of Mother’s Day, we now know that our Senate in Alaska has voted down an income tax option as one of the means to… Continue reading
This is Part 1 of 2. See Part 2 in Wednesday’s newspaper. Our oil severance tax system is broken. It is failing us because it… Continue reading
People of all walks of life go through all possible measurements and even risk their lives to come to United States of America; the cradle… Continue reading
Water. The roar of a river has many of us thinking of fishing, rafting and adventure; icebergs calving from a glacier to plunge into the… Continue reading
Mines in Alaska undergo extensive federal and state permitting processes with federal and state regulators, after which is the inevitable litigation in which mine opponents… Continue reading
In a press release on Tuesday U.S. Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, bragged that he had been named the “Most Effective Lawmaker in U.S. House of… Continue reading
For those who regularly read this column, you may be familiar with my use of Charles Dickens references. In A Tale of Two Cities, Dickens’… Continue reading
The budget debate in Juneau this year focuses on questions of how big government should be, how much it should cost and who should pay… Continue reading
The claims by the Navy and Alaska Command and the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson that the Northern Edge 2017 (NE 17) military training exercise being conducted… Continue reading
With less than two weeks left in the state Legislature’s extended session, Rep. David Eastman, R-Wasilla, introduced a new bill, House Bill 245. With ongoing… Continue reading
After years of limitations on natural resource development in our state, President Trump’s decision to revisit and reverse federal roadblocks to domestic offshore energy development… Continue reading
