The elections in our country are important to us.To assure the value and continued success of our democracy, we must have confidence in our election… Continue reading
The following editorial first appeared in the Ketchikan Daily News: This isn’t the year to increase city taxes.The Ketchikan City Council appears to be in… Continue reading
The following editorial first appeared in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner:Come January, it’s going to be a new ballgame in Juneau. The emergence of a Democrat-led… Continue reading
The following editorial first appeared in Bloomberg View:There are two questions that Democrats must resolve as they confront unified Republican control in Washington. Neither should… Continue reading
Alaska history is full of fishing stories, from fireside salmon consumption 11,000 years ago to the largest commercial landings in 2016. How, where and what… Continue reading
It didn’t take long for the two camps — pro- and anti-police — to emerge in the wake of an officer-involved shooting in Juneau this… Continue reading
The following editorial first appeared in The Baltimore Sun:For the hundreds of workers in Indianapolis whose furnace-building jobs were saved by the Carrier deal, there… Continue reading
Contrary to popular belief, the proposed Pebble Mine is not dead. In fact, the Pebble Limited Partnership (PLP) has spent years quietly hiring high-paid lawyers… Continue reading
Cuba libre? If we’re talking about Bacardi and Coke, it’s been pouring freely in Miami since the announcement of Fidel Castro’s death late in the… Continue reading
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
