The use of ivory in the creation of art and jewelry has become increasingly controversial in the past few years. On one hand, there’s reason… Continue reading
The sun is setting at 3 p.m., coffee shops are selling peppermint mochas, Eaglecrest Ski Area is open, and Santa Claus is already making guest… Continue reading
“Fake news” had been in the news so much since the election last month that you’d think it was a new problem. Not true. Peddling… Continue reading
Self-deportation is back in vogue. President-elect Donald Trump’s chief immigration advisor, Kris Kobach, told Fox News: “The jobs are going to dry up, the welfare… Continue reading
Few places in America loved Donald Trump on Nov. 8 as much as Upshur County, West Virginia, in the heart of Coal County. Just under… Continue reading
From Juneau to the rest of Alaska and to the nation, change is the common denominator in the November election. The recent upheavals in our… Continue reading
Less than two weeks ago, a man named Richard Spencer gave the closing speech to a highly charged gathering of white nationalists in Washington in… Continue reading
It’s too soon for major policy pronouncements on a post-Fidel Cuba.Yet President-elect Donald Trump, in the beginning stages of building his administration, has already made… Continue reading
The following editorial first appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:So now President-elect Donald Trump wants to strip citizenship rights from anyone burning an American flag… Continue reading
Quietly, and obfuscated by the stunning stupidity of our electing Donald Trump president, the recreational use of marijuana became legal in four more states this… Continue reading
Carl Higbie, a prominent supporter of Donald Trump, said recently that the mass internment of Japanese Americans during World War II was a “precedent” for… Continue reading
The following editorial first appeared in the Ketchikan Daily News:That’s what a Southeast Conference steering committee of stakeholders has come to realize. The committee began… Continue reading
The Dec. 7-9 meeting of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) will decide the final action for the proposed Recreational Quota Entity (RQE) for… Continue reading
The following editorial first appeared in the Peninsula Clarion:Upper Cook Inlet salmon fishery stakeholders should be concerned with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s 2017… Continue reading
The following editorial first appeared in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner:President-elect Donald Trump made many promises on the campaign trail, but one in particular raised eyebrows… Continue reading
Americans have many expectations of their government, but foremost among them is that it will keep them safe. Indeed, in a recent survey, respondents ranked… Continue reading
Through the widest lens of history, America since the 1980s looks like the most golden of golden ages. The peace and prosperity of this era… Continue reading
The following editorial first appeared in the Ketchikan Daily News:Alaskans dealt with it.That’s what was to be expected, particularly given the majority are adults.We know… Continue reading
After years of weathering rough seas, crossing the Gulf of Alaska to connect Kodiak residents and those in the Aleutians to the rest of the… Continue reading
It is indeed ironic that after eight years of partisan squabbling, amid the turmoil surrounding the presidential election, U.S. House and Senate members united on… Continue reading
