Opinion

Opinion: Federal assistance is needed for renewable energy development

Opinion: Federal assistance is needed for renewable energy development

“Without federal assistance we are in deep trouble.”

  • Jul 10, 2020
  • By Jodi Mitchell
Opinion: Federal assistance is needed for renewable energy development
Opinion: Defending law and order and defunding the police

Opinion: Defending law and order and defunding the police

It’s possible to believe some police reform is necessary and empathize with and support the police.

  • Jul 9, 2020
  • By Win Gruening
Opinion: Defending law and order and defunding the police
Opinion: Please, Juneau, wear your masks

Opinion: Please, Juneau, wear your masks

I wear my mask for you.

  • Jul 8, 2020
  • By Keenan Miller
Opinion: Please, Juneau, wear your masks
Opinion: Southeast Community Services Center strengthens Juneau

Opinion: Southeast Community Services Center strengthens Juneau

The need for improved services in Juneau is real.

  • Jul 6, 2020
  • By Joan O’Keefe
Opinion: Southeast Community Services Center strengthens Juneau
Opinion: Fear of president’s immature tweets

Opinion: Fear of president’s immature tweets

Recent evidence suggests evidence debilitating fear of Trump’s twittering thumbs.

  • Jul 4, 2020
  • By Rich Moniak
Opinion: Fear of president’s immature tweets
Opinion: Earnings comparisons are fair game

Opinion: Earnings comparisons are fair game

Stockholders got billions that should’ve been retained to cover ferries , schools and dividends.

  • Jul 2, 2020
  • By Ray Matcalfe
Opinion: Earnings comparisons are fair game
Opinion: Now’s the time to make your plan to vote

Opinion: Now’s the time to make your plan to vote

Fellow Alaskans, please make a plan for voting this fall.

  • Jul 2, 2020
  • By Luann McVey
Opinion: Now’s the time to make your plan to vote
Opinion: Breast cancer, chemicals and environmental justice

Opinion: Breast cancer, chemicals and environmental justice

Prevention is badly needed.

  • Jul 1, 2020
  • By Samarys Seguinot-Medina
Opinion: Breast cancer, chemicals and environmental justice
Opinion: It’s de ja vù all over again with recent court decision

Opinion: It’s de ja vù all over again with recent court decision

As was done in Dred Scott, the judicial branch’s idiotic logic pushes our society to the brink.

Opinion: It’s de ja vù all over again with recent court decision
A statue of William Henry Seward, former U.S. Senator and governor of New York, Vice President and Secretary of State who negotiated the purchase of the Alaska territory from the Russian Empire in 1867 on Tuesday, June 16, 2020. A petition has been circulating online calling for the statue’s removal, citing Seward’s relationship with Alaska Natives. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)

Opinion: Imagine living in Russia

Is this statue a polarizing issue? Which side are you on?

  • Jun 30, 2020
  • By Vicki Randolph
A statue of William Henry Seward, former U.S. Senator and governor of New York, Vice President and Secretary of State who negotiated the purchase of the Alaska territory from the Russian Empire in 1867 on Tuesday, June 16, 2020. A petition has been circulating online calling for the statue’s removal, citing Seward’s relationship with Alaska Natives. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)
Opinion: Supreme Court appointments will become the key issue in 2020 election

Opinion: Supreme Court appointments will become the key issue in 2020 election

The 2020 Presidential election will soon become a single issue campaign.

  • Jun 29, 2020
  • By Anselm Staack
Opinion: Supreme Court appointments will become the key issue in 2020 election
Opinion: Juneteenth, Juneau, Jerry Jones and the worth of Black bodies

Opinion: Juneteenth, Juneau, Jerry Jones and the worth of Black bodies

Anti-racist work is ours.

  • Jun 28, 2020
  • By Britt Tonnessen
Opinion: Juneteenth, Juneau, Jerry Jones and the worth of Black bodies
Opinion: The necessity of history

Opinion: The necessity of history

Let it stand and also let others show why her moment in history is also necessary.

  • Jun 27, 2020
  • By Rich Moniak
Opinion: The necessity of history
A statue of William Henry Seward, former U.S. Senator and governor of New York, Vice President and Secretary of State who negotiated the purchase of the Alaska territory from the Russian Empire in 1867 on Tuesday, June 16, 2020. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)

Opinion: We can’t change the past, except by changing our present

“The removal petition deliberately throws gasoline on the residual embers of resentment…”

  • Jun 26, 2020
  • Tony Tengs
A statue of William Henry Seward, former U.S. Senator and governor of New York, Vice President and Secretary of State who negotiated the purchase of the Alaska territory from the Russian Empire in 1867 on Tuesday, June 16, 2020. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)
Opinion: Disabled psychiatric patients need better care

Opinion: Disabled psychiatric patients need better care

A more social worker-heavy model as an addition to a police department is a reasonable idea.

  • Jun 25, 2020
  • By Faith Myers
Opinion: Disabled psychiatric patients need better care
A statue of William Henry Seward, former U.S. Senator and governor of New York, Vice President and Secretary of State who negotiated the purchase of the Alaska territory from the Russian Empire in 1867 on Tuesday, June 16, 2020. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)

Opinion: Preserve our history, don’t tear it down

“Erasing Seward from our history won’t make our history more fair…”

  • Jun 25, 2020
  • By Win Gruening
A statue of William Henry Seward, former U.S. Senator and governor of New York, Vice President and Secretary of State who negotiated the purchase of the Alaska territory from the Russian Empire in 1867 on Tuesday, June 16, 2020. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)
A statue of William Henry Seward, former U.S. Senator and governor of New York, Vice President and Secretary of State who negotiated the purchase of the Alaska territory from the Russian Empire in 1867 on Tuesday, June 16, 2020. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)

Opinion: Which parts of our history should be enshrined?

We need to expand our ideas for the statuary in the Court Plaza.

  • Jun 24, 2020
  • By Jerry Smetzer
A statue of William Henry Seward, former U.S. Senator and governor of New York, Vice President and Secretary of State who negotiated the purchase of the Alaska territory from the Russian Empire in 1867 on Tuesday, June 16, 2020. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)
A statue of William Henry Seward, former U.S. Senator and governor of New York, Vice President and Secretary of State who negotiated the purchase of the Alaska territory from the Russian Empire in 1867 on Tuesday, June 16, 2020. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)

Opinion: United we stand, divided we fall

Here is what I know: The statue is causing pain to some of my neighbors.

  • Jun 24, 2020
  • By Phil Mundy
A statue of William Henry Seward, former U.S. Senator and governor of New York, Vice President and Secretary of State who negotiated the purchase of the Alaska territory from the Russian Empire in 1867 on Tuesday, June 16, 2020. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)
Opinion: Alaska’s environmental standards aren’t stringent

Opinion: Alaska’s environmental standards aren’t stringent

Is this how a state with the highest environmental standards in the world would act?

  • Jun 23, 2020
  • By Kate Troll
Opinion: Alaska’s environmental standards aren’t stringent
A statue of William Henry Seward, former U.S. Senator and governor of New York, Vice President and Secretary of State who negotiated the purchase of the Alaska territory from the Russian Empire in 1867 on Tuesday, June 16, 2020. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)

Opinion: Removing statue would be political correctness gone wild

I would hope that the state of Alaska would continue to memorialize Seward by maintaining his statue

  • Jun 23, 2020
  • Keith Phillips
A statue of William Henry Seward, former U.S. Senator and governor of New York, Vice President and Secretary of State who negotiated the purchase of the Alaska territory from the Russian Empire in 1867 on Tuesday, June 16, 2020. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)