Charles Wohlforth

Charles Wohlforth

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Charles Wohlforth was an Anchorage Daily News reporter from 1988 to 1992 and wrote a regular opinion column from 2015 to 2019. He served two terms on the Anchorage Assembly. He is the author of a dozen books about Alaska, science, history and the environment, including "The Whale and the Supercomputer" and "Fate of Nature." More at wohlforth.com.

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?

Charles Wohlforth, Loren Holmes October 6, 2024

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.

Charles Wohlforth June 21, 2024

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

Charles Wohlforth May 26, 2024
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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.

Charles Wohlforth May 25, 2024

OPINION: Anchorage, clean up your act. Visitors are noticing.

Our city was never beautiful. But once upon a time, we tried harder.

Charles Wohlforth March 8, 2024

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.

Charles Wohlforth December 30, 2023

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.

Charles Wohlforth October 24, 2023

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.

Charles Wohlforth October 23, 2023

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?

Charles Wohlforth July 25, 2023

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?

Charles Wohlforth December 9, 2022
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