Opinion

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 the heart of Coal County. Just under… Continue reading

  • Dec 1, 2016
  • By WILL BUNCH

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 November election. The recent upheavals in our… Continue reading

  • Dec 1, 2016

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 gathering of white nationalists in Washington in… Continue reading

  • Nov 30, 2016
  • By WILL BUNCH

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 stages of building his administration, has already made… Continue reading

  • Nov 30, 2016
  • By FABIOLA SANTIAGO

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 citizenship rights from anyone burning an American flag… Continue reading

  • Nov 30, 2016

Opinion: Legal weed … bummer, man

Quietly, and obfuscated by the stunning stupidity of our electing Donald Trump president, the recreational use of marijuana became legal in four more states this… Continue reading

  • Nov 29, 2016
  • By DAVE BRY

Opinion: Wrong then, wrong now

Carl Higbie, a prominent supporter of Donald Trump, said recently that the mass internment of Japanese Americans during World War II was a “precedent” for… Continue reading

  • Nov 29, 2016
  • By CARL TAKEI

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 stakeholders has come to realize. The committee began… Continue reading

  • Nov 29, 2016

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 the proposed Recreational Quota Entity (RQE) for… Continue reading

  • Nov 29, 2016
  • By JUDY BRAKEL and HEIDI HERTER DAVIS

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 the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s 2017… Continue reading

  • Nov 29, 2016

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 campaign trail, but one in particular raised eyebrows… Continue reading

  • Nov 29, 2016

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. Indeed, in a recent survey, respondents ranked… Continue reading

  • Nov 28, 2016
  • By RACHEL ZISSIMOS

Opinion: Why we hate us

Through the widest lens of history, America since the 1980s looks like the most golden of golden ages. The peace and prosperity of this era… Continue reading

  • Nov 28, 2016
  • By DICK MEYER

Alaska Editorial: Moving forward

The following editorial first appeared in the Ketchikan Daily News:Alaskans dealt with it.That’s what was to be expected, particularly given the majority are adults.We know… Continue reading

  • Nov 28, 2016

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 the Aleutians to the rest of the… Continue reading

  • Nov 27, 2016
The U.S. Capitol dome is seen at sunset on Capitol Hill, Friday, Nov. 18, in Washington.

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, U.S. House and Senate members united on… Continue reading

  • Nov 27, 2016
  • By WIN GRUENING
The U.S. Capitol dome is seen at sunset on Capitol Hill, Friday, Nov. 18, in Washington.
Actor Greg Watanabe as Gordon Hirabayashi in "Hold These Truths"

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 the unalienable rights of “Life, Liberty and… Continue reading

  • Nov 27, 2016
  • By Rich Moniak
Actor Greg Watanabe as Gordon Hirabayashi in "Hold These Truths"

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 tweets) in regards to changing the name… Continue reading

  • Nov 25, 2016

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 in Scotland. A hotel in Washington D.C.… Continue reading

  • Nov 25, 2016
  • By JOHN L. MICEK

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 Saddles, “What in the wide world of sports… Continue reading

  • Nov 25, 2016