We’re embarrassed by recent revelations that two prominent Alaska politicians have been accused of violating ethics and campaign finance laws. A House Ethics Committee found… Continue reading
Two items in the news this week should prove more than just a silver lining for everyone impacted by the sport and commercial fishing industries… Continue reading
We haven’t learned much new about Hillary Clinton on her book tour except that she mistakes herself for a version of Norma Rae.First, during an… Continue reading
A study by the state Department of Health and Social Services released earlier this month gave insight into the segment of Alaska’s population that falls… Continue reading
That recent Pew Research Center poll is pretty jarring. We are so politically polarized in this country that nearly one in three “consistently conservative” Americans… Continue reading
Please stay home on August 19. On October 7, go hiking. When November 4 rolls around, watch a movie.If fewer people vote, each vote matters… Continue reading
It is a line I have used to open speeches on the lecture circuit for years and it never fails to get a laugh: “I’m… Continue reading
It’s general knowledge that standards for policymaking in Congress have sunk to abysmal lows.The executive branch of government isn’t doing much to set a better… Continue reading
The death of Healy resident Gitte Stryhn as she biked to work early Thursday morning wasn’t the first tragedy of its type, and it won’t… Continue reading
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s contribution to the Washington Redskins debate is pettifogging absurdity in the service of rank politically correct bullying.A panel of… Continue reading
George W. Bush never claimed to be prescient, but here he is in 2007, warning us what would happen if the United States prematurely pulled… Continue reading
I usually hate gloating, but this time I’m doing it. And loving it. That’s because the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office panel has decided that… Continue reading
On Thursday, June 26, 2014, I will retire from my position as publisher of the Peninsula Clarion after 21 years. Its been a great ride.… Continue reading
The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly this week restored a measure of fairness to the election process when it voted to return the threshold needed to approve… Continue reading
The seeds of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s shocking primary loss may have been sown in January.That’s when House Republican leaders insisted on floating a… Continue reading
A disease once on its way to oblivion apparently is on the rise — and headed this way, say health officials locally and nationwide. So… Continue reading
It’s grand being a community with an Emmy under its belt.Two Emmys is even better, and that’s not the full extent of Ketchikan’s winning ways.… Continue reading
“It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us — that from these honored dead we take increased… Continue reading
In 2008, Alaska’s usually low-profile Senate contests came to an end, as Sen. Ted Stevens saw his decades-long career in office come crashing down amidst… Continue reading
I learned a life lesson putting together a scale model of a U.S. M-3 Lee tank.I didn’t know it at the time. All I knew… Continue reading
