Opinion
Answering questions about the JAHC’s role in the community
Recent commentary, in the Juneau Empire and elsewhere, raises questions concerning the role the Juneau Arts and Humanities…
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Raising Juneau’s bed tax raises more questions for the JACC
As debate continues how best to allocate Juneau’s sales tax dollars, there were necessarily some disappointed people when…
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Juneau’s role in climate change
Juneau residents get it. We see climate change around us — a retreating glacier, spruce aphids, more rain,…
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Why I didn’t adopt the Paris Agreement
I was asked why I am not in favor of taking stances on national or international issues on…
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Remembering the coup that changed Alaska
June 12, 2017, was the 37th anniversary of the legislative coup toppling Juneau’s State House Representative Jim Duncan’s…
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At Mount Polley, the anniversary of fear must end
Quesnel Lake, BC — It is three years since Mount Polley Mine’s massive tailings dam collapsed, creating…
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Why selectivity and diversity matters
Every morning, I pass by words engraved physically on our wall but more importantly, philosophically, at our core.…
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Proposed Izembek road would be massive expense for budget-strapped state
As the Alaska Legislature struggles to fund the state’s fiscal year 2018 budget, our delegation in Washington, D.C.,…
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Year of Kindness is half over; keep up the good work
The Juneau Police Department’s Year of Kindness, or 17YOK, as we like to say, is a little more…
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PFD lawsuit puts Permanent Fund’s future in Supreme Court’s hands
Gov. Jay Hammond, Permanent Fund founder, knew this time would come — the time when politicians would move…
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Senate health care bill leaves many Alaskans, including veterans, behind
Republicans in the U.S. Senate have spent more than two months now trying to improve upon the…
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The benefits of community goodwill
On the day we first heard the word Jökulhlaup in Juneau, the Mendenhall River began a dramatic shift…
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Health exchanges are pro-business
Alaskans have heard many news stories about how legislation in the Senate would gut Medicaid, reduce care for…
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Innovation key to growing economy
New jobs and opportunity are now available for Alaskans and, as they say, there’s an app for that.…
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To repeal Obamacare isn’t the question
This week Republicans hit another bump on their repeal Obamacare road. For the second time in a month,…
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Trump’s voter commission is really about creating a nationwide voter tracking database
Trump’s Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity requested all 50 states to turn over voter information including names,…
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Uncertain times ahead require wise choices now
“I’m a Conservative who believes in lower taxes. They lead to a more enterprising economy. But I’m not…
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A path to meaningful compromise
We have to end unaffordable oil company cash subsidies that are estimated to cost the state $1.5 billion…
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Gara tells fish tales on oil taxes
A compromise to end cash payments to oil companies is on thin ice because of the propaganda perpetuated…
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Empowering local voters on the 1 percent sales tax question
In Win Gruening’s recent My Turn, “It’s not 2008 anymore,” he suggested that when we vote on whether…