Voices of Alaska: Regulatory Fairness Act sets reasonable timeframe for EPA vetoes

What would Alaskans say if a federal agency retroactively vetoed permits for development of Prudhoe Bay, declaring it never should have been allowed on the… Continue reading

  • May 3, 2014
  • By Sen. Lisa Murkowski

Time to be on high alert for wildland fires

With clear blue skies and temperatures reaching into the 60s, spring has sprung on the Kenai Peninsula.But those same conditions that have lured residents into… Continue reading

  • May 3, 2014

Freedom of speech doesn’t shield speaker from consequences

We’ve heard, and read, a lot of talk around the central Kenai Peninsula communities on Los Angeles Clippers’ owner Donald Sterling and his lifetime ban… Continue reading

  • May 1, 2014

Poorly worded press release perpetuates stereotypes, undermines message

Breastfeeding. Quick! Are you thinking about sex? Does that word make you uncomfortable? If you’re out in public, are you turned off (or on) by… Continue reading

  • Apr 19, 2014

Rich Lowry: The great Democratic opening

Hillary Clinton is in a formidable position to win the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, should she decide to run. But someone else also is… Continue reading

  • Apr 30, 2014
  • By Rich Lowry

What others say: What took the NBA so long?

Draping his league bosses in undeserved nobility, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver on Tuesday banned for life and fined a team owner whose bigotry had embarrassed… Continue reading

  • Apr 30, 2014

Voices of the Peninsula: Golfing community disappointed with council vote

Pat and Myrna Cowan, the entire golfing community including over 200 individuals who either delivered written support or personally attended two council meetings, several charity… Continue reading

  • Apr 29, 2014
  • By Pat and Myrna Cowan

Bob Franken: On the one hand, on the other hand

It’s time for the word of the day, people. Today’s choice is “ambivalence.” For those who might think it describes an emergency vehicle that takes… Continue reading

  • Apr 29, 2014
  • By Bob Franken

What others say: 90-day session isn’t good for Alaska

Still not convinced that the 90-day legislative session is a bad idea?House Speaker Mike Chenault, a supporter of the shorter session, offered a revealing observation… Continue reading

  • Apr 29, 2014

Cal Thomas: Obama’s foreign policy nonexistent

You know things are bad when you can’t wait for the return of a TV character to demonstrate what resolve and leadership really look like.… Continue reading

  • Apr 28, 2014
  • By Cal Thomas

Voices of the Peninsula: Teach your kids to save

Do you want to set your kids up for future financial success? Then start now. That’s the first rule of introducing your kids to financial… Continue reading

  • Apr 28, 2014
  • By Kimberly Pierce

No more second chances; build the gas pipeline

In the first month of 1910, archdeacon Hudson Stuck mushed into the Yukon River village of Rampart and found decay.“There is no resisting the melancholy… Continue reading

  • Apr 28, 2014
  • By Juneau Empire editorial

Rich Lowry: Sonia Sotomayor through the looking glass

All you really need to know about Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s dissent in this week’s affirmative-action case is that Attorney General Eric Holder praised… Continue reading

  • Apr 27, 2014
  • By Rich Lowry

What others say: Obama must stress durability of U.S. Pacific role

When President Barack Obama scrubbed an October trip to Asia to attend to the government shutdown in Washington, Asian leaders worried that it meant the… Continue reading

  • Apr 27, 2014

Cal Thomas: John Paul Stevens proposes new constitutional amendments

Honestly, unless you are a big government liberal, how many people think the federal government should have more power than it already exercises over its… Continue reading

  • Apr 26, 2014
  • By Cal Thomas

Bob Franken: Vote – what other choice is there?

It’s a platitude we hear about politics all the time: Negative campaigns should be avoided. I don’t know how to break this to everybody, but… Continue reading

  • Apr 26, 2014
  • By Bob Franken

Some good news, some bad news for Kenai Peninsula industry

We’ve had some good news and some disappointing news involving the industrial facilities in Nikisi over the past couple of weeks.The good news first: on… Continue reading

  • Apr 26, 2014

There’s a reason for the limit

With the legislative session in overtime this year, it begs the question, why do we have a limit on how long the Legislature can meet… Continue reading

  • Apr 24, 2014

Voices of Alaska: Who vets the candidates?

In spite of the fact that Alaska is on equal footing with all other states in the Union regarding the number of representatives we can… Continue reading

  • Apr 23, 2014
  • By Gail Phillips

Rich Lowry: The Tom Steyer veto

In their wisdom, our Founding Fathers created a system of checks and balances and competing influences among the president and Congress, the states and the… Continue reading

  • Apr 23, 2014
  • By Rich Lowry