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Alaska Editorial: Governor, Legislature should move swiftly to adopt reforms
The following editorial first appeared in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: The state of Alaska has long known it…
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My Turn: America first
“No nation of ideas can sustain its ideas without sustaining some sense of being a nation.” — Jonah…
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Alaska Editorial: Way to go
The following editorial first appeared in the Ketchikan Daily News: If we’re going to get anywhere, it will…
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UTTMWG requests more environmental protections
The United Tribal Transboundary Mining Work Group (UTTMWG) issued a letter to Alaska Governor Walker requesting that the…
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My Turn: In the long run low oil prices are not bad for Alaska
Okay, now I have your attention because Alaska’s current fiscal crisis was predicted and solved over 39 years…
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My Turn: Giving to your community
Earlier this year, the Juneau Community Foundation asked a handful of longtime local philanthropists a simple question: Why…
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My Turn: Alaska and its Paris climate connection
Whether you approve of President Barack Obama’s overall job performance or not, Obama is getting international kudos for…
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My Turn: Support the PFD Voter Initiative
While Americans these days are divided about many things, there can be no dispute — nor has there…
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My Turn: Climate change is about much more than science
“This deal puts the fossil-fuel industry on the wrong side of history,” proclaimed Kumi Naidoo, after the world’s…
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The GOP contenders’ schoolyard brawl
The following editorial appeared in The Kansas City Star on Wednesday, Dec. 16: Carly Fiorina projected herself as…
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The great human benefit of fossil fuels
The Paris summit on global warming ended with a triumphant, hands-holding, chipper vow to vastly reduce the world’s…
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Alaska Editorial: Deal or no deal, Fairbanks Four controversy won’t die anytime soon
The following editorial first appeared in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: It seems somehow fitting that a proposed settlement…
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My Turn: Native corps. more important than ever
As Alaskans, there are many benefits this great land provides us through its beauty, open spaces and natural…
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My Turn: FDA wrong on Frankenfish
Despite overwhelming opposition from scientists, consumers and fishermen, the product commonly referred to as “Frankenfish” could unknowingly be…
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Alaska Editorial: Closing rural schools to aid the state budget isn’t the best option
The following editorial first appeared in the Fairbanks Daily: Schools are the heartbeat of many small communities. Take…
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My Turn: A day that will live in infamy!
Seventy-four years ago, Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave a rousing impassioned speech to Congress. As a young boy I…
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My Turn: Your service to the community matters
As an accountant, I know that United Way of Southeast Alaska allows contributions to be more efficient in…
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My Turn: Every student succeeds
Fixing the flawed No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) has been years in the making. This past week,…
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My Turn: Beyond rotten apples and their defenders
Last May, William Wingate filed a lawsuit against the Seattle Police Department and the former officer who wrongly…
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Empire Editorial: Jay Hammond was right
In 1985, a reporter from the Christian Science Monitor flew out to see Jay Hammond. The former governor…