Michael Oblath

Our human brains have evolved past other primitive, fear driven notions. We can on this one, too.

OPINION: Our Shining Lights Award honors those that practice commitment to the Anchorage and greater Alaska communities through practicing Tikkun Olam, repair of the world. This year's winners are Willie and Abbe Hensley.

OPINION: Patty Ginsburg and Steve Lindbeck are the 2015 winners of the Shining Lights Award, recognizing people in the community who live in ways that "repair the world."

OPINION: What we really need to do is understand that the most liberal among us in our religious traditions and the most fundamentalist do indeed share the same histories