Opinion

Opinion: Open primaries would reflect Alaskans’ true independence

Opinion: Open primaries would reflect Alaskans’ true independence

The price of allowing these partisan elections to continue is too high for Alaskans.

  • Aug 20, 2020
  • By Penny Gage and Alana Peterson
Opinion: Open primaries would reflect Alaskans’ true independence
Opinion: Attacking systemic racism or adding systemic bureaucracy?

Opinion: Attacking systemic racism or adding systemic bureaucracy?

How much change is warranted and what is the best way to accomplish it?

  • Aug 20, 2020
  • By Win Gruening
Opinion: Attacking systemic racism or adding systemic bureaucracy?
Opinion: An outside the box schools solution

Opinion: An outside the box schools solution

Let us look to what we already have.

  • Aug 19, 2020
  • By Kali Hofman
Opinion: An outside the box schools solution
Opnion: The time to speak up for USPS is now

Opnion: The time to speak up for USPS is now

I am hopeful that all of us will stand up to efforts to undermine the effectiveness the USPS.

  • Aug 19, 2020
Opnion: The time to speak up for USPS is now
Judy Cavanaugh stands with others at a rally against the Pebble Mine in front of Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s Juneau office on Tuesday, June 25, 2019. (Michae Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion: Why risk the crown jewel of Alaska’s fisheries?

It’s time to Veto Pebble Mine.

  • Aug 19, 2020
Judy Cavanaugh stands with others at a rally against the Pebble Mine in front of Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s Juneau office on Tuesday, June 25, 2019. (Michae Penn / Juneau Empire File)
Opinion: An in-person bar exam is unnecessary and dangerous

Opinion: An in-person bar exam is unnecessary and dangerous

Here’s what could be done instead.

  • Aug 18, 2020
Opinion: An in-person bar exam is unnecessary and dangerous
Opinion: CARES Act funding should be used to make Alaska elections safer and more accessible

Opinion: CARES Act funding should be used to make Alaska elections safer and more accessible

I think most Alaskans agree that a cornerstone of our democracy is our right to vote.

  • Aug 17, 2020
  • By Claire Richardson
Opinion: CARES Act funding should be used to make Alaska elections safer and more accessible
Opinion: Guns vs Butter and greed over all

Opinion: Guns vs Butter and greed over all

Economic despair among the underclass is at heart of recent unrest.

  • Aug 17, 2020
  • By Ray Preston
Opinion: Guns vs Butter and greed over all
Opinion: Amid reopening, small businesses should be more protected from liability

Opinion: Amid reopening, small businesses should be more protected from liability

During these uncertain times, we shouldn’t also worry about potential bankrupting litigation.

  • Aug 16, 2020
  • By Peggy Ann McConnochie
Opinion: Amid reopening, small businesses should be more protected from liability
Opinion: It takes a team to govern

Opinion: It takes a team to govern

If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that it we need a team of leaders in the White House

  • Aug 15, 2020
  • By Rich Moniak
Opinion: It takes a team to govern
Opinion: The Postal Service is essential not political

Opinion: The Postal Service is essential not political

Here in Alaska, we depend on the Postal Service more than other states. The Postal Service delivers goods that we cannot purchase locally. The Postal… Continue reading

  • Aug 14, 2020
  • By Mick Lowry
Opinion: The Postal Service is essential not political
Alexander B. Dolitsky

Opinion: Neo-Marxism and utopian socialism in America today

This radical socialist rhetoric is the main cause of violent unrests and riots in our country today.

  • Aug 14, 2020
  • By Alexander B. Dolitsky
Alexander B. Dolitsky
Opinion: Follow simple health guidelines for students

Opinion: Follow simple health guidelines for students

If we all do our part, it will spare us from inestimable losses.

  • Aug 13, 2020
  • By Juneau School District Board of Education
Opinion: Follow simple health guidelines for students
Opinion: We are poisoning our future. There’s a better way.

Opinion: We are poisoning our future. There’s a better way.

“Mother Earth will provide for your needs but not your greed.”

  • Aug 11, 2020
  • By Bev Sellars
Opinion: We are poisoning our future. There’s a better way.
Long-time resident and local businessman Bill Corbus speaks to the Juneau Chamber of Commerce during their weekly luncheon in May 2017. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion: Now is not the time to raise taxes on any part of our economy

Ballot Measure 1 would create a road block to recovery

  • Aug 11, 2020
  • By Bill Corbus
Long-time resident and local businessman Bill Corbus speaks to the Juneau Chamber of Commerce during their weekly luncheon in May 2017. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)
Opinion: Now’s the time to invest in clean energy

Opinion: Now’s the time to invest in clean energy

It could help avert future crisis.

  • Aug 10, 2020
  • By Stuart Cohen
Opinion: Now’s the time to invest in clean energy
Opinion: Lawmakers should put American democracy first

Opinion: Lawmakers should put American democracy first

Alaskans should make the intelligent distinction between party loyalists and proactive opponents.

  • Aug 8, 2020
  • By Rich Moniak
Opinion: Lawmakers should put American democracy first
Opinion: US bears responsibility to lead world away from nuclear weapons

Opinion: US bears responsibility to lead world away from nuclear weapons

It’s time to stop withdrawing from treaties and international agreements.

  • Aug 7, 2020
  • By Craig Wilson
Opinion: US bears responsibility to lead world away from nuclear weapons
Opinion: Are school closures based on science or fear?

Opinion: Are school closures based on science or fear?

If we believe children come first, then fears must be overcome in favor of science and common sense.

  • Aug 7, 2020
  • By Win Gruening
Opinion: Are school closures based on science or fear?
Opinion: Puzzled by ‘tipping point’ question

Opinion: Puzzled by ‘tipping point’ question

Regardless of who wins in November, do you think nastiness and divisiveness will suddenly cease?

  • Aug 3, 2020
  • By John Schwinghammer
Opinion: Puzzled by ‘tipping point’ question