Opinion
It’s time for solutions, not politics
For the last four months, the new Majority Coalition in the Alaska House of Representatives have worked on…
Opinion
Truth, fiction and the certainty in between
“These are clothes that absolutely refuse to flatter you,” David Sedaris wrote in the New Yorker last year.…
Opinion
A right and a wrong way to reform tax policy
No matter who you are or what you do, tax laws affect your life every day. And no…
Opinion
If at first you don’t succeed …
This is the first in a series of monthly columns about STEM in Juneau: what it is, why…
Opinion
Time to choose between taxes and giveaways
I’m writing to support and second the comments on Wedneday’s editorial page by Rich Seifert, a longtime friend…
Opinion
The Alaska Senate’s ‘Big Lie’
Alaska’s oil companies display the situational ethics of a band of rich, randy frat boys with pockets full…
Opinion
No representation without taxation
As of Mother’s Day, we now know that our Senate in Alaska has voted down an income tax…
Opinion
A new approach to oil taxation
This is Part 1 of 2. See Part 2 in Wednesday’s newspaper. Our oil severance tax system is…
Opinion
Fight injustice in the United States
People of all walks of life go through all possible measurements and even risk their lives to come…
Opinion
Healthy forests grow opportunity for Alaska
Water. The roar of a river has many of us thinking of fishing, rafting and adventure; icebergs calving…
Opinion
Support CBJ mining ordinance revisions
Mines in Alaska undergo extensive federal and state permitting processes with federal and state regulators, after which is…
Opinion
The pseudo-effectiveness of Alaska’s Congressman at large
In a press release on Tuesday U.S. Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, bragged that he had been named the…
Opinion
The tailings of two cities
For those who regularly read this column, you may be familiar with my use of Charles Dickens references.…
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Income tax would hurt Alaska’s economy
The budget debate in Juneau this year focuses on questions of how big government should be, how much…
Opinion
Genital mutilation bill raises concern
With less than two weeks left in the state Legislature’s extended session, Rep. David Eastman, R-Wasilla, introduced a…
Opinion
Navy’s Gulf of Alaska training impacts marine mammals, salmon
The claims by the Navy and Alaska Command and the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson that the Northern Edge 2017…
Opinion
Offshore announcement a win for Alaska families
After years of limitations on natural resource development in our state, President Trump’s decision to revisit and reverse…
Opinion
Legislation puts Alaska eyes at risk
If the Alaska State Medical Association, Alaska State Medical Board, Alaska Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons and…
Opinion
9 nonreligious reasons to come to church
You’re not religious? You don’t believe in a Great White Father in the Sky who watches everything you…
Opinion
The high cost and low benefits of state timber sales
In his State of the State Address, Gov. Bill Walker said that Alaska should export finished products, not…