Compass

COMPASS: DONNA FLEURY

Don't lose true meaning of Memorial Day

Today is Memorial Day. To the families of Americans lost in our nation's wars, every day is Memorial Day. To the family of Marine Cpl. Gregory M. W. Fleury, every day is Memorial Day.

COMPASS: MICHAEL KOCHER

Alienating Alaskans could fracture GOP

I'm sure the news that Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell hosted Republican Party Chairman-elect Russ Millette at his home recently was a shock to Democrats statewide. Why? Because Mead Treadwell understands what the Republican Party needs to continue its success in this state, to continue to add voters to its rolls and to keep the public from perceiving the party as fractured.

COMPASS: JOHN CLOE

Remember Alaska's WWII contributions

June 3 and 4 will mark the 70th anniversary of the Japanese aircraft carrier-based bombing of Dutch Harbor in the eastern Aleutians during which 76 Americans died and three were taken prisoner. The Alaska Veterans Memorial Museum in the Post Office Mall on Fourth Avenue is planning a special exhibit to commemorate Dutch Harbor and the ensuing Aleutian Campaign, the only World War II campaign fought on North American soil.

COMPASS: CHRIS PALLISTER, JOHN KENNISH and CAREY BAGDASSARIAN

Toxic tsunami debris will flood Alaska shores

The scope of the environmental disaster about to befoul Alaska's coast is shocking.

COMPASS: KARIN WANAMAKER

Comeau fund helps neediest students

As the school year comes to an end many of us reflect upon the swift passage of time in our children's lives and hope that we are doing the very best to ensure a positive, enriching, learning environment for our children.

COMPASS: HAYDEN NEVILL

Transgender Alaskans' privacy imperiled

A recent court order may not have attracted much media attention, but it is tremendously important to a few of us Alaskans. The order deals with the Department of Motor Vehicles' restrictions on changing the gender markers on driver's licenses for transgender Alaskans.

COMPASS: TERRY GARDINER

Health care refunds can bolster business

If you're a hardworking small-business owner in Alaska who provides health benefits to your employees, there's a chance your insurance carrier owes you money. And if it does, you can start checking the mailbox for a refund somewhere in the neighborhood of $517.

COMPASS: KATIE TEPAS

Alaska making a difference in ending cycle of violence

As columnist Shannyn Moore noted (ADN, May 6), ending the epidemic of domestic violence and sexual assault will take more than a march. I could not agree more.

COMPASS; SEN. GARY STEVENS and ROBIN SAMUELSON

Mining Pebble would fail Hammond's criteria

In determining whether potential resource development would ensure healthy, sustainable economic growth for our state, former Governor Jay Hammond had four simple criteria a project should be evaluated by.

COMPASS: JEFF PANTAGES

Liberals have no monopoly on compassion

Liberals' sense of morality insists on a direct link between intention and outcome. That individual self-interest can have a morally beneficial effect for society is anathema to their way of thinking.

COMPASS: DEBBIE S. MILLER

Draft plan for NPR-A offers alternate way to find balance

As Shell Oil sends its ships to the Arctic, there is mounting pressure on the Obama administration to halt offshore drilling operations in this high-risk environment.

COMPASS: JEFF PANTAGES

Look at spending for measure of equality

The professor gets a "C." And that's only because I'm a soft grader. I'm talking about Steve Haycox's recent column on income inequality and capitalism.

COMPASS: SEAN PARNELL

Barriers to natural gas pipeline are falling

Last fall I charted a new course to build a natural gas pipeline and deliver our resource to Alaska homes and a global market. This new road map to a gas line established benchmarks that have been met and backstop our progress toward marketing Alaska's gas.

COMPASS: JOHN HALL

World's toughest job is underappreciated

Yesterday I retired. That's right, as of midnight last night and after thirty years I am no longer a partner in Alaska Emergency Medicine Associates. I walked out of the Providence Hospital Emergency Department for the last time.

SEN. HOLLIS FRENCH

Lawmakers, governor team up in crime fight

Here's a headline you are not likely to read: "State Senators and the Parnell Administration Work Toward Crime Solutions." But guess what? It's true.

COMPASS: WILLIAM STREUR

Speak out against abuse and save a child

In far too many homes and families, child abuse is passed from one generation to the next. It causes severe psychological and physical damage, and costs the state thousands of dollars every year. It can even result in death.

COMPASS: ADRIANA RAMIREZ-AGUILAR

Cinco de Mayo salutes Mexican determination

Another Cinco de Mayo is here. And with it, parties full of icy margaritas and Mexican fare. Definitely it is a great opportunity to celebrate and have a good time, but do we really know the meaning behind Cinco de Mayo celebrations?

COMPASS: ROGER MARKS

10 things to consider about oil taxation

Here are 10 points that were missed during the debate over oil taxes.

COMPASS: BILL SHERWONIT

Parnell's game board choices display his misjudgment

The evidence mounts that under Gov. Sean Parnell's watch, Alaska's wildlife management system is both broken and increasingly corrupt.

COMPASS: KATHLEEN MENKE

Let court, not board, handle redistricting

The Alaska Redistricting Board, after well over a year, has failed to adopt either a map or a process that conforms to the requirements of the Alaska Constitution.

COMPASS: GUADALUPE MARROQUIN

Election fiasco wasn't an accident

The recent shortage of available ballots at voting precincts in Anchorage was the result of intentional failed planning, judgment, and execution on the part of the municipal clerk's office.