Chicago, the nation’s third largest city, ends 2016 with the more homicides than the two larger cities - New York and Los Angeles - put… Continue reading
The following editorial first appeared in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner:Each year, many of us use the occasion of the new year to enact changes in… Continue reading
At the beginning of each new year, I usually write about the foreign policy issues the president will confront in the next 12 months.But 2017… Continue reading
The following editorial first appeared in the Peninsula Clarion:Gov. Bill Walker in his proposed budget plan identified a number of areas where state spending can… Continue reading
Peruse social media for a moment and you’ll find all manner of people cursing 2016.You’re killing our favorite stars! This year can’t end quickly enough.… Continue reading
Two things became clear on a nine-day trip to China, as I traveled from smoggy Beijing to glitzy Shanghai, from high-tech Shenzhen to reinvent-yourself Guangzhou… Continue reading
The following editorial first appeared in the Peninsula Clarion:It would be tempting to say that the Obama administration left Alaska a lump of coal this… Continue reading
The U.S. Forest Service Transition strategy is based on faulty assumptions and the USFS professionals know it.The Forest Service’s recent decision to transition too quickly… Continue reading
With a month left in his presidency, Barack Obama committed one more outrage to wind up Alaska’s political leaders. Taking advantage of a provision in… Continue reading
The Juneau Police Department is implementing a city-wide initiative, the 2017 Year of Kindness (17YOK). The challenge is for every citizen of Juneau to do… Continue reading
Shortly after being sworn into office in January 2009, President Barack Obama, along with Democrats in Congress, spent trillions of dollars on government bailouts, stimulus… Continue reading
The following editorial first appeared in the Ketchikan Daily News:Alaska expected it from Day One.President Obama, who received election support from the extreme environmental community,… Continue reading
Debbie Reynolds sang in the rain. She sang with her broken foot soaking in a bucket of ice. She sang after her husband left her… Continue reading
A little over eight years ago, a young and charismatic man was rallying a broad coalition of voters around a message of hope and change.His… Continue reading
The following editorial first appeared in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner:The consensus of U.S. intelligence services that the Russian government engaged in acts of hacking during… Continue reading
Rex Tillerson, CEO of Exxon, was right when he said that Alaska sometimes is its own worst enemy in developing the gasline.That is because each… Continue reading
The following editorial first appeared in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner:The outrage from Alaska’s political leaders and industry groups was swift, predictable — and completely appropriate.Once… Continue reading
We must as a nation be more unpredictable,” Donald Trump said during the presidential campaign. “We have to be unpredictable!”Mission accomplished. Last week, without warning,… Continue reading
Having been born in December in the heart of the Great Depression (which, of course, had no heart), I learned early not to expect much… Continue reading
The following editorial first appeared in the Chicago Tribune:Americans spend - waste - a year or two of their lives waiting in line, wishing it… Continue reading
