Opinion
Ending Juneau’s water fluoride program was a mistake
Is the dentist finding more cavities in your kids teeth with each dental checkup? If so, you aren’t…
Opinion
Building a stronger Alaska: Incentivizing oil and gas development
This week, the Walker Administration introduced a bill to pay off up to $1 billion of outstanding oil…
Opinion
Juneau Assembly could look for revenue closer to home
Our local Assembly’s recent vote to apply to the Local Boundary Commission (LBC) requesting an expansion of our…
Opinion
Enabling terminally ill Alaskans to die peacefully
What do you want your final days and hours to look like? An important end-of-life option, known as…
Opinion
Trump’s military parade is a bad idea
On the one hand, President Trump can have his military parade down Pennsylvania Avenue on one condition: That…
Opinion
All politics is local
I called Dennis Egan early Tuesday morning to wish him the best before he made his retirement announcement…
Opinion
A day at the Republican District 31 Convention
The following is a true story, no names have been changed and everyone is innocent: I had the…
Opinion
Eliminating CON law is meaningful step in lowering Alaska’s health care costs
Getting a grip on rising health care costs is one of state and federal policymakers’ most important 2018…
Opinion
Giving Dennis his due — a capital story
When Sarah Palin was elected governor in 2006, she earned only 25 percent of Juneau’s vote. Her Republican…
Opinion
Preventing teen dating violence
Too many of Alaska’s youth have experienced sexual dating and physical dating violence. In 2017 alone, 1,000 students…
Opinion
Teachers and classrooms first
In his opinion piece Feb. 3 in the Anchorage Daily News, House District 22 Rep. Jason Grenn calls…
Opinion
CBJ should intervene in Hydro One sale
Although the question of direct ownership is not before the city, there is still a great deal of…
Opinion
Opinion: Hydro One here for Snettisham, a public asset
I am writing to support the City and Borough of Juneau intervention to protect the Juneau public interest…
Opinion
Arts, jobs and healing
As 2018 gets underway, the arts continue to present themselves as a crucial means of addressing the challenges…
Opinion
Men’s role in the #MeToo movement
Me too … I’ve benefited from the privileges provided from being a male in our society. Me too…
Opinion
Tongass timber and the roadless rule
During his State of the State address last week, Gov. Bill Walker said “Alaskans are the ones best…
Opinion
90 days that were 30 years in the making for Alaska
Federal approval for a road connecting King Cove and Cold Bay. The presidents of the United States and…
Opinion
Infrastructure resiliency is key for Alaska
I recently moved to Juneau from Port Arthur, Texas. In August, my area received more than 50 inches…
Opinion
Level the playing field for responsible development near salmon streams
One of the first large projects I ever worked on as an engineer involved over two years’ worth…
Opinion
Alaska’s recession is the Legislature’s recession
Just because Tomas Boutin, a Juneau resident who wrote a My Turn on Jan. 19 titled “Walker recession…