Don’t forget to call your mom. Do it. Pick up the phone and call her right now. Don’t text, don’t email her. Call her. Let… Continue reading
Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month events have taken on a somewhat somber mood this week, as reports of multiple motorcycle fatalities have been in the headlines… Continue reading
Tal Fortgang has offended the offense-takers. The Princeton University freshman wrote an essay for a student publication, since reprinted in Time magazine, skewering the progressive… Continue reading
Alaska’s history shows it can overcome big challenges.That’s just what maintaining a timber industry in the Tongass National Forest has become.But, Southeast still talks timber,… Continue reading
I live in Washington. That means I am required to write something about the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner activities, even though you couldn’t care… Continue reading
No session of the Alaska Legislature is perfect.This one came as close as any in years.While we don’t agree with every bill that came out… Continue reading
Most people, perhaps even the super-wealthy, who are usually accountable to auditors, want to know where their money goes. This is especially true when they… Continue reading
Anger and heartache.Those are the words that quickly come to mind upon hearing of the killing of two Alaska State Troopers who had responded to… Continue reading
When the Washington Post-ABC News poll at the end of March showed a very slim plurality supporting Obamacare, Democrats hoped the health-care law had finally… Continue reading
Norway wears its status as homeland of the Nobel Peace Prize proudly, which is why the decision by its prime minister not to meet with… Continue reading
Faith is making a comeback among liberal Democrats, but they still have a way to go.First, some history.Hoping to attract some Evangelical Christian votes more… Continue reading
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
