Letters to the Editor

Opinion: League of Women Voters supports government reform bill

Opinion: League of Women Voters supports government reform bill

The legislation will strengthen our democracy.

  • Feb 17, 2019
Opinion: League of Women Voters supports government reform bill
Opinion: State income tax is the answer in Alaska

Opinion: State income tax is the answer in Alaska

A tax would prevent Gov. Dunleavy’s draconian cuts.

  • Feb 17, 2019
Opinion: State income tax is the answer in Alaska
Opinion: Gov. Dunleavy is ‘out of step’ with Alaska families, businesses

Opinion: Gov. Dunleavy is ‘out of step’ with Alaska families, businesses

We can’t legislate away our financial obligations.

Opinion: Gov. Dunleavy is ‘out of step’ with Alaska families, businesses
Opinion: Life begins with breath

Opinion: Life begins with breath

God breathed life into us.

  • Feb 6, 2019
Opinion: Life begins with breath
Opinion: Holocaust remembrance has a purpose

Opinion: Holocaust remembrance has a purpose

The importance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

  • Jan 29, 2019
Opinion: Holocaust remembrance has a purpose
Opinion: Split Democrats, Republicans equally in Alaska House
Opinion: Split Democrats, Republicans equally in Alaska House
Opinion: The cost of unfluoridated water

Opinion: The cost of unfluoridated water

There is a cost in not participating in a proven, effective public health program.

  • Jan 29, 2019
Opinion: The cost of unfluoridated water
Opinion: It’s time to raise Alaska’s minimum wage

Opinion: It’s time to raise Alaska’s minimum wage

Doing so will stimulate economy, decrease crime.

  • Jan 28, 2019
Opinion: It’s time to raise Alaska’s minimum wage
Opinion: Why I support the Covington Catholic students

Opinion: Why I support the Covington Catholic students

They were the target of vile and obscene taunts and insults.

  • Jan 28, 2019
Opinion: Why I support the Covington Catholic students
Opinion: Stop paying Trump, White House staff and Congress

Opinion: Stop paying Trump, White House staff and Congress

It’s important to temper one’s beliefs and wishes with reality.

  • Jan 24, 2019
Opinion: Stop paying Trump, White House staff and Congress
Opinion: Corruption in Alaska

Opinion: Corruption in Alaska

We have trouble recognizing corruption in the Alaska government. The argument will be to look at the Permanent Fund. Alaska is just about the only… Continue reading

  • Jan 24, 2019
Opinion: Corruption in Alaska
Opinion: To all of you men out there

Opinion: To all of you men out there

I love you because I am one of you.

  • Jan 24, 2019
Opinion: To all of you men out there
Opinion: Vote ‘no’ on the border wall

Opinion: Vote ‘no’ on the border wall

U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, should vote “no” to the border wall. Alaska does not need it. The Pacific Ocean is a… Continue reading

  • Jan 24, 2019
Opinion: Vote ‘no’ on the border wall
Opinion: Cherish and protect children

Opinion: Cherish and protect children

There’s no stronger bond than that of a mother and her child, and there’s no greater joy on earth than grandparents holding their grandchild for… Continue reading

Opinion: Cherish and protect children
Opinion: Government shutdown endangers our country

Opinion: Government shutdown endangers our country

The government shutdown can’t be justified by citing the obvious needs of border security. Border security is a necessity but why pursue it by endangering… Continue reading

Opinion: Government shutdown endangers our country
A Sitka black-tailed deer. (Courtesy Photo | Kerry Howard)

Opinion: Open your eyes to the deer on Douglas

In a letter to the editor on Dec. 22 Gary Miller states that he can’t see deer on Douglas Island. Yet I see deer tracks… Continue reading

A Sitka black-tailed deer. (Courtesy Photo | Kerry Howard)
Opinion: Tourists don’t visit Southeast to see clear-cuts

Opinion: Tourists don’t visit Southeast to see clear-cuts

I appreciated reading that the new Regional Forester Dave Schmid feels prepared to handle the proposed Alaska-specific Roadless Rule process. I would assume Schmid is… Continue reading

Opinion: Tourists don’t visit Southeast to see clear-cuts
Opinion: 53 packs of tortillas

Opinion: 53 packs of tortillas

Before my recent trip flying out to Port Protection, I emailed a grocery order to Hammer and Wikan in Petersburg. When I arrived at Pacific… Continue reading

Opinion: 53 packs of tortillas
In this file photo, a king salmon lies in a net at Auke Bay. (Bjorn Dihle | For the Juneau Empire)
In this file photo, a king salmon lies in a net at Auke Bay. (Bjorn Dihle | For the Juneau Empire)
People protest the legislature’s extraordinary session during the official Christmas tree lighting ceremony at the Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018. Demonstrators booed outgoing Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on Tuesday during the Christmas tree-lighting ceremony, at times drowning out a high school choir with their own songs in protest of a Republican effort to gut the powers of his Democratic successor. (Mark Hoffman | Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)

Opinion: Let’s not become Wisconsin

I’ve followed Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s campaign and early actions with alarm. His view of his mandate is out of proportion, being almost exclusively focused on… Continue reading

People protest the legislature’s extraordinary session during the official Christmas tree lighting ceremony at the Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018. Demonstrators booed outgoing Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on Tuesday during the Christmas tree-lighting ceremony, at times drowning out a high school choir with their own songs in protest of a Republican effort to gut the powers of his Democratic successor. (Mark Hoffman | Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)