Opinions

It’s not top-down direction, but bottom-up support that has seen our communities weathering this storm.

Alaska Native cultures and leaders remind us that it is never about the one. It is about the whole. This is how we’ve survived.

There is a crisis inside the walls of the ICUs and emergency rooms, almost as invisible as the virus itself. Action needs to be taken, now.

In my opinion, ANCSA is one of the most successful innovations in U.S. domestic policy in history.

From this septuagenarian who has now rediscovered real pie crust, Julia’s easy-to-follow instructions and explanations are appreciated!

At minimum, we deserve someone who has sense enough to not write highly objectionable statements on social media.

This behavior of changing the rules because you don’t want to better yourself is not new; it’s been tried and tested for generations.

Hey legislators, get back to work! Compromise, complete the business we elected you to complete with no additional drama or party-line nonsense.

Such a gross violation of human rights is not going to end well.

There’s little leadership from the governor, there’s no leadership from the legislature and there’s no safety net for Alaskans fighting against a crippling pandemic that continues to spread.

Congress has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make meaningful fixes to our broken immigration system.

The inaugural strategy omitted meaningful consideration of the most pressing security issues that concern and affect Alaskans.

Unencumbered by allegiance to special interests, Assemblyman Beck always put the general public interest first.

The recent Texas abortion law is misogynistic, aggressive and utterly, utterly devoid of science or the appropriate practice of medicine.

It seems like the designers of the vaccine lottery missed an opportunity.

This leads me to visions of high-dollar condos, ones that most of us can not afford.

I believe that children are a nation’s greatest treasure and should be recognized as such.

As election time approaches, is the world most Alaskans want to live in?

Thank you, Alaskans, for being the wonderful people you are. You’re just the best!

I recently learned that my family dentist was not vaccinated.