Opinion
Three years of reductions: Isn’t that enough?
What does it all mean? Where are we? Eghads. If we’ve really cut 44 percent (we haven’t) then…
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The pipe dream: A bad penny
Despite a $2.7 billion dollar budget deficit and Sen. Pete Kelly, R-Fairbanks, bent on spending the last of…
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Working with China on oil is dangerous
As I read Gov. Walker’s opinion in the Juneau Empire (Dec. 5, “Alaska LNG: The time is now”)…
Opinion
Legislating in the echo chamber
The bipartisan Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation estimates the tax bill passed by the U.S. Senate last weekend…
Opinion
Protecting salmon is part of doing business
In-mid August, when the silvers are running strong, we park the Kenworth, power down the chainsaws and head…
Opinion
Westlake should resign
“Sweetheart.” “Honey.” “Baby.” How are we supposed to get any work done when you’re “dressed like that?” We’re…
Opinion
Let’s not ruin Alaska’s Arctic Refuge
Standing on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge some years back, I watched in wonder…
Opinion
Logging doesn’t need to expand
Late last year, the U.S. Forest Service finalized the latest amendment to the Tongass Land and Resource Management…
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Miners need assurance they can produce minerals for the nation
This week, reason prevailed and the American minerals supply chain won. After being forced into a nonsensical rulemaking…
Opinion
Alaska LNG: The time is now
Alaska now has the necessary alignment for the Alaska gasline LNG project. Mid-June 1970: one of the most…
Opinion
Good neighbors and woosh.ji.een
As we head into the holiday season, I am reminded how much I appreciate the support of family,…
Opinion
Here we go, again
Here we go again: Alaska is about to embark on another financial boondoggle. On Dec. 5, Fairbanks’ Interior…
Opinion
Urging a ‘no’ vote on the tax bill
I just received a letter from Sen. Lisa Murkowski, dated November 20, discussing her belief that the individual…
Opinion
Governor’s Awards: Improving Alaska through the arts
Alaskans celebrate the artistic vitality of life in the Great Land throughout the year. The annual Governor’s Arts…
Opinion
Futility’s ray of hope
“Do you really think it’ll make a difference?” I was asked a question like that more than a…
Opinion
When more is less: Higher oil and gas taxes are the wrong way forward for Alaska
Alaska’s citizens and the oil and gas industry have a long and mutually beneficial relationship. The industry continues…
Opinion
Juneau football controversy underscores demographic trends
Recent dissension over sports programs in our two high schools is dominating social media. The issues involved dovetail…
Opinion
Murkowski, the contortionist
A contortionist is one who bends their body is strange and unnatural ways. While U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski,…
Opinion
When the sparrow meets the horse
We’ve been thinking a lot about Ronald Reagan this week. We’ve also been thinking about William Jennings Bryan.…
Opinion
GCI has always supported internet freedom — and we always will
Recently, net neutrality has emerged as an issue of growing concern to Americans who believe they should be…