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Voices of the Peninsula: President’s Day and the Cult of Government
Some of us will have a day off on Monday, Feb. 19, because it is another federal three-day…
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What others say: ‘Enough is enough’
Gunmen have murdered six police officers throughout the U.S. since Dec. 31, including the killing of El Paso…
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Op-ed: She said, he said
There are so many problems in making a charge of sexual misbehavior and even more starkly when it…
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Op-ed: Yes, throw a parade
The Pentagon has confirmed that it is in the preliminary stages of planning a military parade down Pennsylvania…
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Voices of the Peninsula: A day at the Republican District 31 Convention
The following is a true story, no names have been changed and everyone is innocent: I had the…
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What others say: Rationing Medicaid a recipe for disaster
A proposal by the Trump administration to impose lifetime limits on adults’ access to Medicaid coverage is a…
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What others say: ‘The other shallow things will not matter’
William Bernbach, a titan of Madison Avenue who died in 1982, said, “If your advertising goes unnoticed, everything…
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Op-ed: Prison reform: The time is now
It didn’t seem to fit in President Trump’s State of the Union address, perhaps something tossed in at…
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Op-ed: Reign on my parade
You know, there is such negativity out there. All President Donald Trump did was order his Pentagon higher-ups…
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Voices of Alaska: Preventing teen dating violence
Too many of Alaska’s youth have experienced sexual dating and physical dating violence. In 2017 alone, 1,000 students…
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Op-ed: The memo and the truth
Partisans tend to read, watch and listen only, or mostly, to information and opinions that reinforce their beliefs.…
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What others say: Michigan State University must answer for Nassar’s abuse
Larry Nassar had a day of reckoning last week for his years of molesting young gymnasts and other…
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Thanks to volunteers for MathCounts hut trip
Thanks to volunteers for MathCounts hut trip Parents and students of the Kenai Middle School MathCounts program would…
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What others say: Moment of truth for DACA promises
The moment of truth has arrived for those in Congress long professing to see the problem of so-called…
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Op-ed: Fake news or fake Nunes?
I covered Capitol Hill during my CNN phase, which was quite a while ago, but to this day,…
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Dinosaurs and cheap shots
At first glance, this should be a huuuuuuge story: Prehistoric animal tracks, a lot of them, were discovered…
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Op-ed: The state of President Trump
President Trump’s first State of the Union address set a new standard. For himself. If he lives up…
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What others say: Ice Alaska needs financial support
For almost three decades the Ice Alaska World Art Ice Championships has impressed Fairbanksans and visitors from around…
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Op-ed: Trump’s unifying nationalism
Donald Trump gave a notably unifying State of the Union address that didn’t back down an inch from…
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Voices of Alaska: The Alaska Military Youth Academy: Celebrating 25 years of changed lives
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The high school counselor lowered his head, peered over his reading glasses, and…