Opinion
Working on health care reform for all Alaskans
After the enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), we began to hear stories from Alaska families and…
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Forget the year of kindness; fix the problems
In this Year of Kindness we give two weeks for nine homeless people to move off the Alaska…
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Kindness keeps coming in Juneau
Recently, I joined the Steering Committee of the Juneau Police Department 2017 Year of Kindness Initiative(17YOK). While late…
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Juneau should welcome more Millennials
“When the Boomers Bail, A Community Economic Survival Guide” is the title of a book written by Mark…
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Alaska’s independents are back again
Better together. Together again. First and foremost, we want to thank Alaskans for giving us the opportunity to…
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New JACC and Centennial Hall work together, not against each other
As Co-Chairs of the Partnership Board, which seeks to build the New Juneau Arts and Culture Center (what…
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Our trails and parks are community assets
According to a recent local survey, the No. 1 recreational activity in Juneau is walking, hiking, biking or…
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Bed tax increase could negatively affect Juneau’s economy
On October’s ballot, we may see an option to increase Juneau’s bed tax by 2 percent. Some people…
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Americans and the nation need health care
U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, just sent thousands of Alaskans a long letter. It replies to their concerns…
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Two-pronged madness exists in White House
Did the fire and fury, lock and load rhetoric of President Donald Trump cause Kim Jong Un to…
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Include Chilkat River in mining conversation
Alaska’s congressional delegation clearly understands that Alaska has much to lose and little to gain from Canadian mines…
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Stay strong, Sen. Murkowski
Alaskans aren’t known for choosing the easy road. We wouldn’t live here if the goal was to go…
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The EPA should remedy past misdeeds
On most issues there are multiple perspectives. This is the case with Pebble. Eric Forrer recently wrote about…
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Sex and bigotry remains an important issue
I have been trying to write about sex and religion, because I’m convinced that Catholic teaching about sex…
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Alaska can lead the way on racial issues
In the aftermath of the violence and hatred on display in Charlottesville this weekend, I found myself in…
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Work to preserve Alaska’s ‘permanent fund’ of fish and wildlife
As we struggle towards a sustainable, long-term balanced budget plan, everybody knows this is an urgent and critical…
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AEL&P will keep operating as it has been
Each year, when we finally get our few days of real summer, I tend to wonder how many…
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Bill Walker is the right person to lead Alaska
“Governor Walker governs from the far left,” Tuckerman Babcock said after an April poll found his approval rating…
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Juneau’s Assembly is boring with a purpose
The “business of governing” is such a misnomer because government rarely acts like a business. If it did,…
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Congress executes the ‘bait, promise, reassure and switch’ strategy
Trump and Republicans want you to believe that no one will lose health care in any manner, and…