With human-bear encounters already making headlines around the state, it’s a good time for a reminder to Kenai Peninsula residents that we live in bear… Continue reading
The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act turned 40 last week and Federal and State fishery managers marked that event with an opinion piece (Alaska… Continue reading
Today marks Earth Day, an event many Alaskans approach with mixed feelings.On the one hand, we appreciate the natural grandeur all around us. Indeed, there… Continue reading
It’s not easy to make one of the world’s biggest fossil-fuel companies a sympathetic victim, but a collection of state attorneys general, led by Eric… Continue reading
Frustrated by his inability to get an immigration reform bill through Congress, President Obama decided to rewrite the law himself.So in November of 2014, just… Continue reading
The pro and anti-guns on campus debate misses an important point — a bill can be a bad bill no matter which side of the… Continue reading
Well, we don’t have visual proof, so we’ll just have to take the participants’ word for it. It was only a brief chat, but one… Continue reading
There aren’t very many areas of national defense or homeland security where the U.S. lags. America’s military power is second to none and great emphasis… Continue reading
The Mafia, in its heyday, ran lucrative protection rackets. Pay them and your business would be kept safe from “unforeseen” threats. Don’t pay them and… Continue reading
Americans’ faith in their financial system has rarely been so low. Presidential candidates in both parties, from Sen. Ted Cruz on the right to Sen.… Continue reading
Give Donald Trump credit for planning ahead. He is preparing to be a sore loser.Trump’s complaints that he is being undone by a rigged system… Continue reading
Under the federal Controlled Substances Act, marijuana is classified as a schedule 1 drug, which means it has no medicinal value and is highly addictive.… Continue reading
How is it that a nominee to the Board of Fisheries can be the subject of outspoken opposition and fail to be confirmed one year,… Continue reading
As the tax deadline approaches it’s once again time to consider how the federal government wastes our money.Remember the spending caps that were supposed to… Continue reading
It’s tough being a pollster in New York: “Excuse me, sir, will you tell me your preference for president? Or should I just go (expletive)… Continue reading
This week, we’re grateful for safe returns.Soldotna residents Jenny Neyman and Chris Hanna were rescued Tuesday after spending four nights hunkered down on the Harding… Continue reading
As a young boy one of my earliest memories of church centered on the joyful time of attending Sunday School. For me it was always… Continue reading
Bill Clinton trespassed against the cardinal rule of contemporary Democratic politics, which is that Thou Shalt Not Contradict Black Lives Matter Protesters.Clinton’s lapse came at… Continue reading
The Kenai Peninsula Borough currently has a review process in place for the licensing of Marijuana Establishments. It has named the assembly as the local… Continue reading
We usually do not complain when a commonly used consumer item gets cheaper, but first-class postage presents a bit of a special case. The sudden… Continue reading
