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Opinion: The search for the America that ‘ought to be’

Opinion

Opinion: The search for the America that ‘ought to be’

A prescription for healing what’s broken.

Opinion: The waste trappings of the GDP

Opinion

Opinion: The waste trappings of the GDP

America’s wasteful consumer culture contributes to economic growth and prosperity.

Opinion: NASA’s mission is four billion miles off course

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Opinion: NASA’s mission is four billion miles off course

Scientists must shift focus to climate change, not outer space.

Opinion: Why the Alaska-class ferries aren’t ready

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Opinion: Why the Alaska-class ferries aren’t ready

Don’t blame the wrong former governor.

Opinion: The kinder, gentler vision of George H.W. Bush

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Opinion: The kinder, gentler vision of George H.W. Bush

“How on earth did we get here?”

<span class="neFMT neFMT_PhotoCredit"><strong>Marc Lester | Anchorage Daily News</strong><strong></strong></span>                                <span class='IDappliedStyle' title='InDesign: Light'>This aerial photo shows damage at the Glenn Highway near Mirror Lake after earthquakes in the Anchorage area, Alaska, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018. Back-to-back earthquakes measuring 7.0 and 5.7 shattered highways and rocked buildings Friday in Anchorage and the surrounding area, sending people running into the streets and briefly triggering a tsunami warning for islands and coastal areas south of the city. (Marc Lester | Anchorage Daily News)</span>

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Opinion: We should follow California’s lead — again

Leadership in addressing climate change is needed.

Opinion: The hollow satisfaction of undoing government

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Opinion: The hollow satisfaction of undoing government

Going back to the problems we had before one side thinks they solved them isn’t “doing things differently.”

Opinion: Tolerating dissent is good business and good for democracy

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Opinion: Tolerating dissent is good business and good for democracy

Confident leadership understands that some dissention in the ranks fosters critical thinking and builds solid morale.

Hector Mojica exits a voting booth at Glacier Valley Baptist Church on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Opinion

Opinion: Post-election blues

The political reality was an old story for Alaska Democrats.

Gov. Bill Walker speaks during an interview in his Capitol office on April 13, 2016. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire file)

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Opinion: The last Alaskan first governor

Bill Walker embodied the true spirit of the last frontier.

Andi Story is running for Alaska House District 34. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Opinion: The real deal named Andi Story

I see Story’s approach as a strength, not a weakness.

U.S. Rep. Don Young speaks during an interview at the Juneau Empire on Feb. 21, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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The MSA and Don Young’s partisan dilemma

Like the breakup of a marriage, there are two sides to this story.