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
The following editorial first appeared in The Baltimore Sun:A is for alt-right, a sanitized, newspeak name for assorted white nationalists, neo-Nazis, anti-Semites and other irredeemables.… Continue reading
Ever notice President Obama’s hair and how gray it’s gotten over the last eight years? It probably has to do with the knowledge that he… Continue reading
The University of Alaska is facing continued budgetary and market pressures that compel us to change how we provide higher education for Alaskans, pressures that… Continue reading
“This isn’t about Christmas,” James Sullivan says, as his character George Bailey considers throwing himself off a bridge in the play “It’s a Wonderful Life.”… Continue reading
As Chancellor at the University of Alaska Southeast, I’d like to thank the citizens of Juneau and individuals all across our state for supporting UAS… Continue reading
In 1999, I published a study regarding older and younger adults’ reactions to holiday cards. In the olden days, at the end of the 20th… Continue reading
Across the nation we are witnessing a rise in white nationalism: At a gathering in a Washington, D.C., hotel, audience members gave a Nazi salute;… Continue reading
The following editorial first appeared in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:The assassination Monday of Russian Ambassador Andrei Karlov in Ankara, Turkey, had the potential to destabilize already… Continue reading
After decades of wrangling over the future of timber on the Tongass National Forest, a group of people from all walks of life came together… Continue reading
The following editorial first appeared in the Peninsula Clarion:In the Town of Greece, New York v. Galloway, the U.S. Supreme Court found the tradition of… Continue reading
