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Editorial: Buy local, spread the wealth

With today’s unofficial start of the holiday shopping season, we’d like to take a moment to encourage Kenai…

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Op-ed: Trump is right about trophy hunting

It’s not often that President Donald Trump’s Twitter feed is the voice of reason and compassion, but on…

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Voices of the Peninsula: Can Hilcorp regain trust with Cook Inlet pipeline?

Moving oil is a risky business, especially across Cook Inlet’s notoriously rough waters. But who assumes the risk?…

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Op-ed: The hypocritic oath

Primum non nocere. That’s Latin, folks, for “First, do no harm.” It’s actually not in the physician’s traditional…

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What others say: Oregon counties assert authority over federal lands

People who supported the aims but not the tactics of last year’s armed takeover of the Malheur National…

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Op-ed: The Museum of the Bible is more than a museum

The Museum of the Bible opened in Washington, D.C., last weekend, and not a moment too soon for…

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Voices of Alaska: Repealing health care mandate restores freedom to choose

I have always supported the freedom to choose. I believe that the federal government should not force anyone…

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Op-ed: Of sleaze and gifts

I’m actually disappointed. I thought that I had settled on this year’s seasonal gift to everyone. Yes, “seasonal”…

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Op-ed: A moving experience

SAN FRANCISCO — Evidence that when Democrats rule taxes are never high enough can be found at any…

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Editorial: Keep the conversation going

Last week, the Kodiak Daily Mirror reported some news that should have all Alaskans concerned: according to a…

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What others say: Another try for a gas line

Alaskans can perhaps be excused if they happen to have a muted response to Gov. Bill Walker’s signing…

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Op-ed: Roy Moore is pure Steve Bannon

Roy Moore is the Steve Bannon project in a nutshell. For the former Trump operative, the Alabama Senate…

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Editorial: An abdication of responsibility?

Last week, the Alaska Senate passed an update to criminal justice reform legislation — then adjourned and headed…

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Op-ed: Roy Moore loses the ‘he said/she said’

Roy Moore’s reputation depends on denying that he dated teenage girls as a grown man, and yet he…

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What others say: Trump administration breathes life into Alaska

A year ago to the day from this writing, Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in a political upset…

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What others say: Bergdahl, ship collision report highlight issues in military

The military is one of the few institutions that Americans still hold in high esteem, but that should…

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Op-ed: The corruption of faith

When Jim Zeigler, the state auditor of Alabama, invoked the Bible to defend Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore…

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Op-ed: Hillary and Bill Houdini

How do they do it? I am not the first to compare the Clintons to Harry Houdini, the…

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What others say: Yet another tragic shooting

The deadly shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs Sunday leaves us with many unanswered questions, but a…

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Op-ed: The Male Chauvinist Pigdom

I’ve written facetiously before about a fictional nation, the Male Chauvinist Pigdom. Unfortunately, it’s very real and not…