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Opinion: The plague of intellectual laziness

What’s become increasingly lazy, is our political discourse.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: How many cruise ship tourists would be acceptable?

People don’t want to live in Disneyland.

It's a police car until you look closely. The eye shies away, the . (Juneau Empire File / Michael Penn)

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Police calls for Thursday, May 20, 2021

This report contains public information from law enforcement and public safety agencies.

This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, blue/pink, cultured in the lab. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, NIAID-RML

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COVID at a glance for Thursday, May 20

The most recent state and local figures.

This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, blue/pink, cultured in the lab. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, NIAID-RML

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COVID at a glance for Friday, May 21

The most recent state and local figures.

A Trails Build Alaska rally demonstration was held in Juneau on Wednesday, May 19. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire)

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Experience is why I support Trails Build Alaska

There are many people still in need of work and our land needs attention now more than ever.

A health care worker prepares a dose of COVID-19 vaccine. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Getting vaccinated is the right choice

The vaccine question depends on whether you consider public health or individual health.

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Living & Growing: Empowered to live for God

Holy Spirit helps us overcome our old nature, old habits, old sins and our struggles.

It's a police car until you look closely and see the details don't quite match. (Juneau Empire File / Michael Penn)

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Police calls for Wednesday, May 19, 2021

This report contains public information from law enforcement and public safety agencies.

Southeast Alaska is filled with forest service cabins that provide unique places to spend a weekend and connect with previous visitors. (Jeff Lund / For the Juneau Empire)

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I Went to the Woods: Popping the bubble

A good weekend off the grid will put your focus on the cluttered chaos of nature.

This photo shows smoked hooligan outdoors in Wrangell. (Courtesy Photo / Vivian Faith Prescott)

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Planet Alaska: Sharing hooligan and memories

Hooligan are connected to why Raven opened the box of daylight after he stole it.

Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File 
George Bennett Sr., seen in this July 2020 photo, served in Army’s 25th Infantry Division during the Vietnam War.

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Writers’ Weir: ‘A Veteran is like Nature’

A poem by George Bennett Sr.

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Opinion: Our democracy depends on being informed

Misinformation, lying politicians and ignorance is a threat to our democracy.

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Opinion: Carter-Biden cartoon was off the mark

However historians describe Presidents Carter and Biden, the term “nincompoop” is unlikely to appear.

This photo shows University of Alaska Southeast in Juneau.  (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: We can’t run our businesses without the University of Alaska

We rely on UA grads to power our workforce.

This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, blue/pink, cultured in the lab. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, NIAID-RML

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COVID at a glance for Tuesday, May 18

The most recent state and local figures.

This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, blue/pink, cultured in the lab. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, NIAID-RML

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COVID at a glance for Wednesday, May 19

The most recent state and local figures.

It's a police car until you look closely and see the details don't quite match. (Juneau Empire File / Michael Penn)

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Police calls for Tuesday, May 18, 2021

This report contains public information from law enforcement and public safety agencies.

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On the Trails: Seeing sea stars makes for intertidal fun

Intertidal fun

A fishing vessel is dwarfed by the Norwegian Cruise Lines’ Norwegian Jewel and Norwegian Pearl in Juneau’s downtown harbor in September 2014. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: How many cruise ship tourists are enough?

If the passenger numbers increase, the number of disgruntled residents will grow even faster.