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We all must stop this monstrosity!
The current U.S. policy of ripping crying children from their parents arms because they are illegal immigrants is…
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Vote against Ballot Measure One
I read Cook Inlet Keepers’, Stand for Salmon’s, and the Alaska Conservation Foundation’s pro-House Bill 199 opinion and…
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Vote for Karen Taug
The purpose of this letter is to encourage Sealaska Shareholders to support independent candidate Karen Taug for election…
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What largess?
In his May 21 My Turn, Todd Smoldon is thankful that there are no new taxes but disparaging…
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Raise the ball pit minimum wage
Between Senate Bill 91, SB 54, and whate’er godless refuse the Senate shall curse our great state with…
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Net neutrality needed
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski did the right thing when she voted recently to protect net neutrality; it is…
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Ambler Road is a zombie mega project, eating away at Alaska’s cash resources
A recent House Resources committee hearing on the 211-mile Ambler Road Proposal illustrates how prevalent knee-jerk development financing…
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White House Correspondents Dinners are a farce
The recent kerfuffle over the comedian at the White House Correspondents Dinner is small potatoes compared to the…
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Cartoonist was pointing out hypocrisy, not ridiculing faith
“Matthew 25:35. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me…
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Refuse to print cartoons that ridicule faith
I am a staunch supporter of free speech. In the past hundred years, we have suffered through Margaret…
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We need to find a per diem pay schedule that’s fair to Juneau legislators
I was sad to read the Legislative Council rejected a proposal to create a fair system of remuneration…
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Juneau needs new leadership
Because none of the three members of Juneau’s legislative delegation are running for re-election in November, it is…
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Close all Southeast to salmon fishing until mid-June to save salmon stocks
The Chilkat River king salmon numbers are so low that without a serious conservation effort they could be…
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Support a smoke-free Alaska
Senate Bill 63, for a smoke-free Alaska, should be considered no-brainer legislation. It is a lifesaving (and money…
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How to fix America’s military
Our school budget is being cut again. Our police departments run short staff with dwindling budgets. It’s the…
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Protect schools from gun violence
We don’t hear of shootings in the congressional buildings. Congress has great security to protect themselves. At the…
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Loss of auto shop hurts students
All across the country there has been renewed interest in vocational education, now commonly known as CTE (Career…
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Rude behavior from Alaska Airlines staff to Folk Fest performers
On the morning of April 16, my sister — singer/songwriter Hope Griffin — and her accompanying cellist JamieLeigh…
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Stick with the tried and true
Ben Speciale’s March 30 My Turn “Modernize recreational fishing – the big picture” misses an important point: anyone…
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Rural help disappearing
Another recent casualty of reduced federal and state funding for social services is the on-site rural support for…