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Opinion: Make our (costly) infrastructure great again
By his own admission, President-elect Donald Trump is a guy who likes to build stuff: A golf course…
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Alaska Editorial: New House Resource co-chairs sound right notes
The following editorial first appeared in the Alaska Journal of Commerce: To quote Slim Pickens’ Taggart from Blazing…
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Alaska Editorial: Newly elected Legislature should prepare for work on state revenues
The following editorial first appeared in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: Don’t start spending the “other half” of your…
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My Turn: Delivering a new energy in a new way on Alaska’s North Slope
There’s a new era on Alaska’s North Slope — and its stars are the small, independent oil and…
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Opinion: Thanksgiving 2016: Uncertain but still grateful
So, it’s that time of year: Time to reflect on the good things in our lives; to appreciate…
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My Turn: Mental Health Trust open to federal buyout, but questions linger
The Alaska Mental Health Trust develops resources it owns to fund its operations. Controversy is churning this year…
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My Turn: Shrinking budgets, drug epidemic created Alaska’s ‘perfect storm’
Change is hard but it can also provide opportunities. Last spring, an opportunity presented itself when our Legislature…
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Editorial: Going after Backpage.com
The following editorial first appeared in the Los Angeles Times: The internet has paid countless dividends to the…
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Editorial: Americans need clarity on Trump’s business ties
The following editorial first appeared in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: One of the major problems that President-elect Donald Trump…
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Opinion: One American’s case for ‘socialized medicine’
On Sunday, March 29, 2015, two days after my 54th birthday, I came very close to dying. I…
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Opinion: Indians embrace gratitude over despair
This Thanksgiving season, American Indians are once again embracing hope and gratitude over despair. Under each new administration,…
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Opinion: Protesting, privileged college kids know nothing about social injustice
When, chest puffed out with pride, my father told a law partner his first-born was accepted to Bryn…
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Editorial: Fake news a real problem for Facebook, Google, all of us
The following editorial first appeared in The San Diego Union-Tribune: Elections have consequences, as President Barack Obama famously…
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My Turn: Here comes another battle over ANWR
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is going to move back into the crosshairs of America’s energy politics. Sen.…
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Letter: Abolish the electoral college
If maintaining the Electoral College is such a good idea, why haven’t states adopted it in the election…
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My Turn: Psych patients need open grievance process
Modest legislative improvements in disabled psychiatric patient rights like improving the grievance procedure law and appeal process would…
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Opinion: What comes after Obamacare?
Over the next few months Republicans are expected to repeal President Barack Obama’s signature legislation, the Affordable Care…
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Editorial: Online opioids are easy to get, hard to curb
The following editorial first appeared in the Chicago Tribune: It can be bought online and shipped to your…
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Letter: A tip to cut down on heating costs
This is an open letter to the lady on public radio news keeping her three bedroom home at…
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Alaska Editorial: Century of bickering over allocation has left university vulnerable
The following editorial first appeared in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: Late last week, University of Alaska sports enthusiasts…