Opinion
What others say: Untruths circulate about estate tax
As he raised estate tax rates to fund work programs during the Great Depression, Franklin Delano Roosevelt said,…
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Op-ed: Season’s retreatings
Still another Thanksgiving has passed, and I have done what I always do: nothing. I didn’t overeat, and…
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What others say: Lower health costs could be a SNAP
For years, we’ve been hearing public health officials make this argument: If you want to lower health care…
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Op-ed: Can Trump-haters be thankful for him?
Any other Republican president but Donald Trump might expect to get at least some credit for the mostly…
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Editorial: For change to happen, conversation needs to continue
After the Legislature adjourned its special session last Tuesday, the Legislative Council decided to form a working group…
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Op-ed: The human turkeys
This Thanksgiving, better known as Black Friday Eve, we have revised the tradition a bit: We are serving…
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What others say: Speaking for the trees?
Imagine trying to widen a highway and coming up against a protracted lawsuit. The plaintiff is a tree,…
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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…