If the university is a house on fire, Gov. Dunleavy is the arsonist
By voting for consolidation, the regents are building a hovel out of blackened two-by-fours and bronzed bricks that have survived the flames.
Mueller hearings offer a lesson on aging
What does mean to be a 74-year-old American today?
Gov. Dunleavy is getting his way so far. But at what price?
By governing via veto, the governor has abandoned persuasion for coercion, and he has magnified his weaknesses in the rest of the legislative process.
The stories of war and polar explorers, told by the things they carried
Franklin’s men, like Kane’s, carried the seeds of derangement hidden in their kit.
The rule of law
Nazi Germany provides a chilling example of what happens when the law is perverted for personal or political purposes.
Alaska seniors get a glimpse of the governor’s grim budget vision
What would a compromise with a man of ironclad certainty about austerity look like?
Having our say
We, as Americans, generally idealize public opinion. The people will have their say and the majority will prevail. But will they?
Finding the lessons of the Alaska Dispatch News saga
Let’s take another look at the story. Maybe we believed the big tale the newcomer told us more than our own eyes. Maybe we put something over on ourselves.
Election returns show Alaska as red as ever
It takes a scandal crippling the other brand for the Democrats to win a statewide election. Alaska is not turning blue, except in occasional pockets.
A gracious exit – and lingering questions – for Bill Walker
I am not talking about an explanation in detail violating the woman's privacy. She didn't have to be named. But Walker needed to tell us how an elected public official went down a rabbit hole without any public process.
An Anchorage cab driver’s grief
A broken heart doesn't want to hear about due process, rights of the accused and bureaucracy.
The nature of memory
The impulse toward literature, organizing and improving the story, seems to be almost universal among people who are literate. Telling the story can change the story.