The polar bear and the bird scientist: George Divoky’s 50-year Arctic vigil
He came to Alaska as a young man to study seabirds on this barren barrier island. Decades later, he found the fingerprints of climate change. After a lifetime, will he see this colony disappear?
OPINION: Past racism isn’t a reason to change Anchorage zoning laws
Even if relaxing the rules is the answer, a decision as fundamental as doing away with single-family zoning should be part of a plan that involves everyone.
OPINION: Donald Trump’s prosecution is a lot bigger than Trump
The Constitution assumes the loyalty of elected officials and citizens to uphold the system it creates. We’re at a point of crisis because too many have abandoned that loyalty
OPINION: Let’s set the record straight: Ted Stevens was framed.
After reading the special prosecutor’s report and another 500-page report on the case, I realized I had it wrong all these years.
OPINION: Anchorage, clean up your act. Visitors are noticing.
Our city was never beautiful. But once upon a time, we tried harder.
OPINION: Have no fear of imported LNG. It’s Alaska’s future.
Alaska’s political leadership will have to overcome the embarrassment of their big gas line dream going flat. It’s really no one’s fault.
OPINION: How Vic Fischer’s love and optimism grew from a place of darkness
With Fischer’s death, Sunday, Alaska lost the last of our statehood leaders. His life had transformed the 20th century’s deepest traumas into hope for a new state.
Vic Fischer, last surviving Alaska Constitutional Convention delegate, dies at 99
Fischer, who remained active in Alaska affairs into his 90s, died at his home in Anchorage after a long period of declining health.
OPINION: How the Alaska AG’s letter replays the mistakes that led to the Civil War
Who doesn’t include their own bodily integrity in the meaning of freedom? Or the privacy of their most intimate medical decisions?
Opinion series: How to turn Alaska around
With Alaska stuck in a long economic downturn and beset by social problems, an author and former ADN columnist offers solutions. What have we done right, and wrong, and what decisions might change Alaska in another generation?