The false narrative about what to do. Economists like Gunner Knapp and Scott Goldsmith along with attorney Brad Keithley speak about only two ways to… Continue reading
A rehab facility for our heroin, opioid and methamphetamine problem would be the ticket for the old Walmart facility. The state wouldn’t even have to… Continue reading
A letter appeared in my local paper accusing U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, of not being Republican enough. Clearly, the writer doesn’t realize that our… Continue reading
I strongly urge U.S. Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, and U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, to support both the Affordable Care Act and Planned Parenthood. I… Continue reading
This editorial first appeared in the Ketchikan Daily News: The stage is set to begin clearing the way to drill for oil in the Arctic… Continue reading
An open letter to our elected representatives: Congregation Sukkat Shalom, a Reform Jewish congregation in Juneau, condemns the recent increase in anti-Semitism including attacks on… Continue reading
Don’t take my word for it. Click the link below and hear British Petroleum explain in a five minute Youtube video that 98 percent of… Continue reading
I am writing to alert the Juneau community about West Side Story, one of the best theater productions that I have seen in Juneau in… Continue reading
The president’s recent spate of executive orders; the continuing debate surrounding his immigration ban; the fallout resulting from his contentious interactions with two of our… Continue reading
The governor, some in the Legislature and even some prominent Alaskans don’t believe Alaska has a spending problem. They say that Alaska has a revenue… Continue reading
In the state’s ongoing effort to manage the rising costs of treating the disabled, it is the disabled who pay the price. In too many… Continue reading
Ann Ravel, a Democratic member of the Federal Election Commission who resigned earlier this month, has given President Donald Trump a golden opportunity to prove… Continue reading
President Donald Trump did not have “the biggest electoral college win since Ronald Reagan” as he said during his first press conference last week. The… Continue reading
I have been in correspondence with my Senator, Dan Sullivan. I was able to let him know by email that I want him to continue… Continue reading
Gov. Bill Walker, you should be ashamed of yourself for stooping so low to even consider further fleecing the very taxpayer who supports a lot… Continue reading
Nearly 20 years ago historian Stephen Ambrose visited Juneau as part of the Alaska Humanities Forum. The author of “Undaunted Courage,” “Citizen Soldiers” and other… Continue reading
As Alaska faces the most severe fiscal crisis since statehood, Alaskans are responding in a variety of ways. These responses are individual, as people adjust… Continue reading
The following editorial first appeared in The Dallas Morning News: After decades of overwhelming scientific evidence showing that man-made emissions are endangering the planet’s future,… Continue reading
“Drug-related property crimes” emerges as the latest scare call from Capitol building operants. An array of poorly correlated data and distorted interpretations embellishes the rhetoric… Continue reading
“Here in the arctic, the smallest of lives are miraculous,” said poet Terry Tempest Williams during a trip to ANWR. In 2005 I knelt in… Continue reading
