Sometimes shortcuts don’t work. You run into road construction, traffic is backed up or you get lost. The leadership in the Senate Majority Caucus has… Continue reading
Today is Day 121 of the Legislature’s regular session.We don’t know when the Legislature will finish its work, but it won’t be today. It may… Continue reading
For the past couple of months, the phrase “budget deficit” has been everywhere. In late March, I spent a week in our state’s capitol with… Continue reading
The following editorial first appeared in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: Changes on the way for the University of Alaska system, as sketched out in a… Continue reading
As the Legislature nears the end of the constitutional 120-day session, I am gravely concerned about the possible outcome.Our state is in a difficult fiscal… Continue reading
“Development that actually costs the state, remains Alaska’s least understood and most pressing economic problem. Few politicians seem concerned that we do not extract enough… Continue reading
My favorite photograph of Catholic monk Thomas Merton, taken by photographer Ralph Meatyard in 1967, shows Merton standing around in his ballcap and monk suit,… Continue reading
You can afford what you prioritize. Unfortunately for our infrastructure, it’s rarely been the priority over the past few decades. As the backbone of the… Continue reading
“The Tulsequah Chief mine missed a Canadian deadline to clean up its toxic metal pollution on Thursday.”That was the first line of a Juneau Empire… Continue reading
“I have always supported the Republican nominee for president.” That’s the best Sen. Lisa Murkowski can do in terms of an endorsement for Donald Trump,… Continue reading
Since her meteoric rise to fame in the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin has been a leading voice in the climate… Continue reading
According to a recent report released by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, the state’s population is projected to increase by 162,200 over… Continue reading
We’re not mathematicians. That’s why we prefer to dabble in words and not numbers.Fortunately, it doesn’t require a declaration of the Alaska Office of Management… Continue reading
If Alaska had a dollar for every time a legislator called an Alaska State Trooper or local police officer a hero, we could have another… Continue reading
The following editorial first appeared in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: A Fairbanks City Council vote last week finally put to rest one of the most… Continue reading
Recently, someone did not believe me when I mentioned that locals had been vile toward me or others because we’re Native. They were incredulous that… Continue reading
Government’s most important mandate is public safety. Over the past 20 years, government in Alaska made a decision to hold criminal offenders accountable for their… Continue reading
When entertainment news sites announced in March that Sarah Palin had signed onto a reality show modeled after “Judge Judy,” many in the conservative movement… Continue reading
Between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. tonight, the Alaska House Rules Committee will take public testimony on a plan to cut the state’s subsidy of… Continue reading
The following editorial first appeared in Ketchikan Daily News: Competition is healthy.That one of only two companies offering individual health insurance policies to Alaskans is… Continue reading
