Opinion

Opinion: Build Alaska’s economy on the strengths of its university system

Opinion: Build Alaska’s economy on the strengths of its university system

A strong state requires a strong university.

Opinion: Build Alaska’s economy on the strengths of its university system
Opinion: Roadless Rule and the Tongass should remain intact

Opinion: Roadless Rule and the Tongass should remain intact

It makes economic, environmental and social sense.

  • Feb 6, 2019
  • By ELIZABETH BRANDT FOR THE JUNEAU EMPIRE
  • Environment
Opinion: Roadless Rule and the Tongass should remain intact
Opinion: Hold a second vote on Brexit

Opinion: Hold a second vote on Brexit

The first vote should not be taken as a true statement of the people.

  • Feb 3, 2019
  • By BENJAMIN BROWN
Opinion: Hold a second vote on Brexit
Opinion: The short-sighted stories of climate change

Opinion: The short-sighted stories of climate change

The Republican Party can learn from a trip to “Jurassic Park.”

Opinion: The short-sighted stories of climate change
Opinion: Cutting education, public safety funding is an ‘outrage’

Opinion: Cutting education, public safety funding is an ‘outrage’

“Our children and grandchildren deserve better.”

  • Feb 1, 2019
  • By NATHAN SOBOLEFF
Opinion: Cutting education, public safety funding is an ‘outrage’
Opinion: Debunking the myths of Medicaid expansion

Opinion: Debunking the myths of Medicaid expansion

Repealing Medicaid expansion will harm lives, slow down Alaska’s economic recovery.

  • Feb 1, 2019
  • By BECKY HULTBERG
Opinion: Debunking the myths of Medicaid expansion
Opinion: UAS accreditation in good standing

Opinion: UAS accreditation in good standing

Recent finding about UAA’s Education program is regrettable.

Opinion: UAS accreditation in good standing
Opinion: Investment is the only way to achieve growth and stability

Opinion: Investment is the only way to achieve growth and stability

Cutting projects and jobs has never built a society.

Opinion: Investment is the only way to achieve growth and stability
Opinion: Trump will get away with almost all of it

Opinion: Trump will get away with almost all of it

No one is going to effectively stand in his way.

Opinion: Trump will get away with almost all of it
President Donald Trump waves as he walks through the Colonnade from the Oval Office of the White House on arrival to announce a deal to temporarily reopen the government, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo | Jacquelyn Martin)

Opinion: How could you allow this to go on for 35 days?

I know what it’s like to live from one paycheck to the next.

  • Jan 29, 2019
  • By Judy Crondahl
  • Trump
President Donald Trump waves as he walks through the Colonnade from the Oval Office of the White House on arrival to announce a deal to temporarily reopen the government, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo | Jacquelyn Martin)
Opinion: It’s time to raise Alaska’s minimum wage

Opinion: It’s time to raise Alaska’s minimum wage

Doing so will stimulate economy, decrease crime.

  • Jan 28, 2019
Opinion: It’s time to raise Alaska’s minimum wage
Opinion: Why I support the Covington Catholic students

Opinion: Why I support the Covington Catholic students

They were the target of vile and obscene taunts and insults.

  • Jan 28, 2019
Opinion: Why I support the Covington Catholic students
Opinion: The disconnects in Dunleavy’s economic vision

Opinion: The disconnects in Dunleavy’s economic vision

The Legislature has to help the governor find the door to reality.

  • Jan 27, 2019
  • By RICH MONIAK FOR THE JUNEAU EMPIRE
Opinion: The disconnects in Dunleavy’s economic vision
Opinion: Are Juneau city officials misleading the public about the cruise industry lawsuit?

Opinion: Are Juneau city officials misleading the public about the cruise industry lawsuit?

It can be a fine line between “spin” and misleading the public.

  • Jan 25, 2019
  • By WIN GRUENING
Opinion: Are Juneau city officials misleading the public about the cruise industry lawsuit?
Opinion: Why the judge was wrong in throwing out my lawsuit on state debt

Opinion: Why the judge was wrong in throwing out my lawsuit on state debt

We are watching the abhorrence of debt.

  • Jan 22, 2019
  • By ERIC FORRER
  • Alaska
Opinion: Why the judge was wrong in throwing out my lawsuit on state debt
Opinion: A fresh start for working Alaskans

Opinion: A fresh start for working Alaskans

It’s time to do things differently and reject partisan politics.

Opinion: A fresh start for working Alaskans
Opinion: The future of Juneau

Opinion: The future of Juneau

Let’s talk about the city’s relationship with the cruise industry.

  • Jan 21, 2019
  • By CAMERON BYRNES
  • Opinion
Opinion: The future of Juneau
Opinion: The search for the America that ‘ought to be’

Opinion: The search for the America that ‘ought to be’

A prescription for healing what’s broken.

Opinion: The search for the America that ‘ought to be’
Tynly Booth, 8, holds still as Dr. Jessica Branco, of Juneau Pediatric Dentistry, applies a topical flouride varnish during a checkup on Monday, Jan. 14, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Opinion: New study shouldn’t revive fluoridation in Juneau

Let’s focus instead on good nutrition, proper dental hygeine.

Tynly Booth, 8, holds still as Dr. Jessica Branco, of Juneau Pediatric Dentistry, applies a topical flouride varnish during a checkup on Monday, Jan. 14, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Opinion: The waste trappings of the GDP

Opinion: The waste trappings of the GDP

America’s wasteful consumer culture contributes to economic growth and prosperity.

Opinion: The waste trappings of the GDP