In the earthquake aftermath, where are the silver linings — and what are the warnings?
Now is the time for a hard look at the warnings the earthquake gave us, and to work to minimize the potential damage from a future disaster.
Opinions
Pebble’s earthquake design is sound. Permitting will validate it.
Seismicity issues will be a significant component of a tailing dam safety analysis. No tailings facility will be built at Pebble until it passes this scrutiny.
Bristol Bay is open for business
Opposition to the Pebble mine has never followed party lines or been a red, blue or green issue. It’s an Alaska issue.
A timely story you might have missed
There’s so much in the news. Sometimes we miss human interest stories that are both heartrending and encouraging.
Alaska should not allow onsite marijuana consumption
Alaskans should be concerned about two big negatives: The risks from driving while impaired and health effects from secondhand smoke exposure.
Anchorage’s ornery, anti-government history and the earthquakes that don’t care
Lucy Whitehead remembers 86 years of earthquakes. They’re a deep part of Anchorage history.
Facing our earthquakes together
There is no individual brokenness that doesn’t affect all of us as a whole. And the truth is, we all need rescue, because we all fall down.
The trade-offs of a fat Permanent Fund dividend
The more we spend on the PFD, the less money we have for public services, like schools and public safety — unless we institute new taxes.
In defense of the plastic bag ban
Our carbon footprints and disposable plastics are creating a less and less habitable world for many species, including us.
That jumpy aftershock feeling? Here’s how it played out in other big earthquakes.
Going from hypervigilance to complacency takes about three years. Before that happens, let’s prepare for the next big Alaska quake.
Red lantern award for education
Alaska students don’t measure up when it comes to nationwide standards. The Legislature needs to do more for schools.
Broken pieces: Reflections on the earthquake’s impact
In reality, we are all a bit broken. Life has given us scars, bruises and damage that can’t be seen from the outside. We’re shaped and molded by the hard knocks we take.
Trump might not have gotten his ‘Muslim ban.’ But he sure got his ‘extreme vetting.’
The president is achieving his stated aim of slashing entries of Muslims into the United States.
A new understanding of ‘collusion’ and obstruction
What if “collusion” between Russians and Trump began much earlier?
Mean-spirited media do 180 on Bush
For the major media, it would appear the only good Republican is a dead Republican.
A tip for Tariff Man
These tariffs function exactly like taxes. By imposing them, you have in effect raised taxes on most Americans. You have made Americans poorer.
Law vs. morality in the Trump campaign-finance flap
We’ve lost anything remotely like a moral consensus in this country because legalism has crowded out morality.
Twitter’s latest mishap shows once again why Silicon Valley can’t be trusted to run the world
“The people are filled with joy,” the Twitter executive wrote - about a country that’s just experienced genocide.
Letter: Eagle River thanks
Thanks to the gas station attendants, hardware store workers, clerks, cashiers, waitresses, musicians and actors.
