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Opinions
Letter: Supreme Court
Will our two senators stand by the Republicans' commitment of 2016 and not cast a vote for a Supreme Court nominee just before the election?
Letter: Court picks
Think about the implications. Supreme Court justices serve for life, and that’s a long time.
Why all Alaskans should join me in getting a flu shot this year
If a bad flu season coincides with a spike in COVID-19, flu shots are one way we can help prevent our health care system from becoming overwhelmed.
Living with climate change in a year of fire and ice
Is this what it is to live with climate change? To carry on as normal even though nothing is normal?
Backing a proven homelessness solution
Rather than paying for services that may not work, taxpayer dollars are only spent to pay for successful outcomes.
How Alaska’s judicial selection puts the federal system to shame
Watching the U.S. Supreme Court drama, one might ask: Isn’t there a better way we could pick judges? The answer is yes. Alaska has it.
Alaska’s failure of leadership on COVID-19
Nine months into this pandemic, one thing is clear: We need strong public health policies to protect people and protect jobs.
Ballot Measure 1 would hurt Alaska, not oil companies
Why would we want to further damage our economy and kick our major industry when it is down?
Remembering RBG, a woman who moved mountains for us all
While some professions are still woefully low on female power, the doors have been pushed open and the light is showing through the cracks.
The last days of a store with the deck stacked against it
Safeway’s music system was piping in Tommy James' “I Think We’re Alone Now.” I usually don’t expect irony from a supermarket.
Ballot Measure 1 would increase the challenges of operating the pipeline
If Ballot Measure 1 were to pass, we rightly fear what will happen to the pipeline, and by extension, all Alaskans.
We can’t afford oil job subsidies
The oil industry is trying to scare us into the poorhouse so it can live the industrial subsidized high life.
Letter: Vote yes on Ballot Measure 1 to secure the dividend
We should all vote yes on Ballot Measure 1 in November if we want to see any Permanent Fund dividend in our future.
Letter: Galvin deserves your vote
Please do your homework and find out more about this third-generation Alaskan and former business owner who is used to hard work.
Letter: Be more careful with headlines
Words matter. Let’s leave the arms out of it while we struggle through these difficult times!
Letter: US, Taiwan need trade agreement
Taiwan is ready to move quickly to engage a rule-based agreement that matches the provisions of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
I tracked electoral votes for George W. Bush. Beware of 2020 forecasts.
A divided population, the pandemic and more fall surprises make the predictions game risky.
Alaska’s governor on the virus and the election
Alaska is one of eight states with the lowest number of COVID cases and deaths in the country.
Letter: More drop boxes needed
Did you know that the State of Alaska — a place we often tout as one-fifth the size of the Lower 48 states — has only four election ballot drop boxes?