It turns out that SAT words were too abstruse. The College Board is updating its iconic test yet again in ways that are indistinguishable from… Continue reading
Alaskans should participate in the judicial selection process. Not enough do. That is a concern. The process is largely conducted by the Alaska Judicial Council, which… Continue reading
I’m sorry, people, but I just can’t ignore the sight of Mitch McConnell walking onto the stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference hoisting a… Continue reading
OXON HILL, Md. -- The first “people” I recognized on arriving at last week’s Conservative Political Action Committee gathering just outside Washington were two “stormtroopers”… Continue reading
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy on Friday did what supporters of the proposed Pebble mine feared she would do: initiate a review process… Continue reading
Budget cuts recently requested by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) will close the Kachemak Bay Research Reserve (KBRR). Of course that’s not… Continue reading
The “reset” with Russia had a brief, unhappy life. It began with then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presenting her Russian counterpart with a mistranslated reset… Continue reading
When the nation’s governors gathered in the U.S. capital, they tried to deliver a bipartisan message that gridlock in Washington is impairing efforts to govern… Continue reading
The Obama administration is showing it can be tough on foreign policy. Unfortunately, that toughness is not directed at Russia and its incursion into Crimea,… Continue reading
President Barack Obama seemed to be seeing some wall handwriting at a recent fundraiser, worrying out loud about how Republicans might take over the Senate.… Continue reading
Social media can be a wonderful tool. With things like Facebook and Twitter, government entities have the ability to quickly share information with a large… Continue reading
The Legislature’s House Finance Committee this week proposed a $9.1 billion state budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The measure is $3 billion less than… Continue reading
There are few, if any, people who have more moral authority in the black community than President Barack Obama. Last week, he put it to… Continue reading
Officials in several Alaska municipal governments have begun expressing concern about how their respective communities have been left out of the natural gas pipeline talks… Continue reading
One of the worst parts of a sudden global crisis like the one that has erupted over Ukraine is that we have no idea what’s… Continue reading
If the Earth is going to blow up, it’d be nice to know about it.Too bad the U.S. Congress doesn’t think so.Thanks to federal budget… Continue reading
In Arizona has come a test of the motto conservative Christians like to invoke: “Hate the sin, love the sinner.”Republican Governor Jan Brewer has vetoed… Continue reading
Here’s how President Barack Obama explained his policy in Libya: “In this particular country — Libya — at this particular moment, we were faced with… Continue reading
It was jarring to read the coverage of the new “anti-gay bill” passed by the Arizona Legislature and then look up the text of the… Continue reading
More than one in three people in the United States is obese, the category beyond overweight, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and… Continue reading
