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My Turn: BP explains in five minutes that 2 percent of profits is enough
Don’t take my word for it. Click the link below and hear British Petroleum explain in a five…
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My Turn: Add your voice against anti-Semitism
An open letter to our elected representatives: Congregation Sukkat Shalom, a Reform Jewish congregation in Juneau, condemns the…
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Alaska Chamber President: Restructure the Permanent Fund to protect the dividend
Having spent time in Juneau at the beginning of the legislative session for the Alaska Chamber’s annual legislative…
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My Turn: Trump’s looming assault on the separation of church and state
The president’s recent spate of executive orders; the continuing debate surrounding his immigration ban; the fallout resulting from…
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Letter: Go see ‘West Side Story’
I am writing to alert the Juneau community about West Side Story, one of the best theater productions…
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My Turn: Does Alaska have a spending problem? Benchmarking is the answer
The governor, some in the Legislature and even some prominent Alaskans don’t believe Alaska has a spending problem.…
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My Turn: Mental health patients have rights
In the state’s ongoing effort to manage the rising costs of treating the disabled, it is the disabled…
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Outside Editorial: If Trump really wants to ‘drain the swamp,’ here’s his chance
Ann Ravel, a Democratic member of the Federal Election Commission who resigned earlier this month, has given President…
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Rich Moniak: Presidential lies that matter
President Donald Trump did not have “the biggest electoral college win since Ronald Reagan” as he said during…
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Letter: State senator’s form letter full of misinformation on Planned Parenthood
I have been in correspondence with my Senator, Dan Sullivan. I was able to let him know by…
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My Turn: Gov. Walker shouldn’t fleece taxpayers while cutting budget
Gov. Bill Walker, you should be ashamed of yourself for stooping so low to even consider further fleecing…
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ANWR: Let it be
Nearly 20 years ago historian Stephen Ambrose visited Juneau as part of the Alaska Humanities Forum. The author…
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My Turn: Arts council restructuring presents great opportunities
As Alaska faces the most severe fiscal crisis since statehood, Alaskans are responding in a variety of ways.…
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Outside Editorial: Conservative group’s carbon plan gives us hope for climate change action
The following editorial first appeared in The Dallas Morning News: After decades of overwhelming scientific evidence showing that…
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Letter: Drug war disasters re-emerge
“Drug-related property crimes” emerges as the latest scare call from Capitol building operants. An array of poorly correlated…
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My Turn: Smallest of lives
“Here in the arctic, the smallest of lives are miraculous,” said poet Terry Tempest Williams during a trip…
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Outside Editorial: Don’t kill a species-saving law
The following editorial first appeared in the Los Angeles Times: Elections have consequences, as the saying goes, and…
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My Turn: US and Russia: Arctic thaw?
Stepping back from the current tension between the US and Russia, it is useful to consider that the…
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My Turn: First Lady’s Volunteer Awards: Recognizing Alaska’s unsung heroes
I first met Bella Hammond when she came to Valdez in the 1970s to present a First Lady…
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Alaska Editorial: Recognition increasing that state needs new funds to sustain services
This editorial first appeared in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: After two years of kicking the can down the…