Growing up in the 1940s and 1950s On a farm in Northern Colorado Easter dinner was always planned at least two weeks ahead of time… Continue reading
Alaska is at a crossroads. Voters need to know our government is redefining the purpose of the permanent fund and the permanent fund dividend. The… Continue reading
They spoke to the value of education, but then portrayed educational funding as “us vs. them”
UAA is in Alaska’s largest population center and is open to anyone seeking greater opportunity
The very real and pressing crisis in Alaska education is teacher attraction and retention
Forget that $55 billion pipeline to get LNG from Prudhoe. All we need to do is let that Japanese consortium or oil companies build a… Continue reading
Saving Wild Salmon We use to call salmon “salmon” but now we have to specify if they are wild or hatchery salmon. Hatchery salmon is… Continue reading
It’s refreshing to find a politician who follows through on his campaign promises. It’s even more rare to find one who says what he means… Continue reading
What’s happening this week
Commission members voted 5-2 Friday to suspend Marti Buscaglia, effective Monday.
The Legislature has yet to meet in joint session to vote on Dunleavy’s picks
‘We see the last several years were way warm. There’s a clear climate-induced warming. There’s no doubt about it.’
Proposal would not move the capital.
I am always pleasantly surprised by the influx of daylight hours and sunshine that comes to the Kenai Peninsula in the last weeks of March.… Continue reading
SEXIT: The great state of chinook.
Governor fails to submit a revenue plan, refuses to contemplate one.
Remember Joe Camel, the 1980s and 90s advertising mascot for Camel cigarettes? Or the Journal of the American Medical Association study that found children were… Continue reading
‘Whenever I would think of something or mention it to my children I would jot it down’
What stopped him were carelessness and a good streak at cards
There’s more to it than you find in your run-of-the-mill cops and robbers narrative
