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My Turn: The age-old problem we’re calling ‘fake news’
“Fake news” had been in the news so much since the election last month that you’d think it…
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Opinion: Trump’s Cabinet choices have perfected ways to screw people over
Few places in America loved Donald Trump on Nov. 8 as much as Upshur County, West Virginia, in…
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Opinion: Immigrants won’t self-deport
Self-deportation is back in vogue. President-elect Donald Trump’s chief immigration advisor, Kris Kobach, told Fox News: “The jobs…
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Empire Readers’ Council: In the wake of political upheaval, change
From Juneau to the rest of Alaska and to the nation, change is the common denominator in the…
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Opinion: Don’t let white nationalists define who they are, what they should be called
Less than two weeks ago, a man named Richard Spencer gave the closing speech to a highly charged…
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Castro’s death provides opportunity to engage Cuba
It’s too soon for major policy pronouncements on a post-Fidel Cuba. Yet President-elect Donald Trump, in the beginning…
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Legal but ill-advised: Flag burning and hostile Trump tweets
The following editorial first appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: So now President-elect Donald Trump wants to strip…
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Opinion: Legal weed … bummer, man
Quietly, and obfuscated by the stunning stupidity of our electing Donald Trump president, the recreational use of marijuana…
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Opinion: Wrong then, wrong now
Carl Higbie, a prominent supporter of Donald Trump, said recently that the mass internment of Japanese Americans during…
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Alaska Editorial: Ferry system should become a public corporation
The following editorial first appeared in the Ketchikan Daily News: That’s what a Southeast Conference steering committee of…
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My Turn: Opposition to the proposed halibut RQE program
The Dec. 7-9 meeting of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) will decide the final action for…
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Alaska Editorial: Sockeye forecast adds concern to fish board process
The following editorial first appeared in the Peninsula Clarion: Upper Cook Inlet salmon fishery stakeholders should be concerned with…
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Alaska Editorial: Denali name should remain
The following editorial first appeared in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: President-elect Donald Trump made many promises on the…
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Opinion: The importance of a two-war force
Americans have many expectations of their government, but foremost among them is that it will keep them safe.…
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Opinion: Why we hate us
Through the widest lens of history, America since the 1980s looks like the most golden of golden ages.…
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Alaska Editorial: Moving forward
The following editorial first appeared in the Ketchikan Daily News: Alaskans dealt with it. That’s what was to…
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Empire Editorial: Ferry system needs to change to weather the storm
After years of weathering rough seas, crossing the Gulf of Alaska to connect Kodiak residents and those in…
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My Turn: 9/11 families achieve rare bipartisan victory in Congress
It is indeed ironic that after eight years of partisan squabbling, amid the turmoil surrounding the presidential election,…
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My Turn: Will we have to fight to ‘hold these truths’?
“We hold these truths to be self-evident,” states America’s Declaration of Independence. They are equality among men and…
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Empire Editorial: Changing Denali name likely Trump pillow talk
Two wrongs don’t make a right. We hope President-elect Donald Trump remembers that during any future conversations (or…