Letters to the Editor

Fresh snow blankets trees along E. Northern Lights Boulevard in Anchorage on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. (Emily Mesner / ADN)

Letter: Good weather

It is January in Alaska, and minus-45 never felt so good!

John Farleigh
| Opinion
FILE - In this March 12, 2020 file photo, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks during a news conference in Anchorage, Alaska. Dunleavy faces criticism for his handling of COVID-19, from those who think he's not doing enough to address rising case counts to those who think he's been overreaching. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

Letter: Pebble ignorance

Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s Pebble horse has expired and so will his single term as one of Alaska’s worst governors.

Dick Hensel
| Opinion
FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2019 file photo, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks during a news conference in Anchorage, Alaska. Alaska lawmakers are set to convene amid a near decade-long run of deficits and economic fallout from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Go-to reserve accounts are depleted, and tough decisions await on how to use the state's nest-egg oil-wealth fund. It's unclear who will lead those debates: neither the House nor the Senate has organized. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

Letter: Dunleavy must go

Gov. Mike Dunleavy is absolutely complicit in the violent coup attempt.

Bruce Scotland
| Opinion
FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 file photo, Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington. Right-wing extremism has previously mostly played out in isolated pockets of America or in smaller cities. In contrast, the deadly attack by rioters on the U.S. Capitol targeted the very heart of government. It brought together members of disparate groups, creating the opportunity for extremists to establish links with each other. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Letter: Insurrection

Our constitution, our democracy must be preserved. Put partisanship aside.

Holly R. Hill
| Opinion
East High School nurse Siobhan Finnegan draws Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from a vial during a public vaccination in the Anchorage School District Education Center on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. (Bill Roth / ADN)

Letter: Vaccine clinic

I was in and out in 45 minutes. Thank you, ASD, for a skilled and well-orchestrated performance.

Pat Daoust
| Opinion
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, questions Secretary of State nominee Antony Blinken during his confirmation hearing to be Secretary of State before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP)

Letter: Do the right thing

Serving in Congress is like serving in the military — sometimes it carries personal risk.

Timothy Wargo
| Opinion
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, pays respects as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lies in repose under the Portico at the top of the front steps of the U.S. Supreme Court building on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, in Washington. Ginsburg, 87, died of cancer on Sept. 18. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

Letter: Energy progress

While passage of the Energy Act of 2020 was critical, there is still much work to be done.

Gwen Holdmann
| Opinion
Flags fly on the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, ahead of the 59th Presidential Inauguration on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

Letter: Election doubters

I, for one, am very proud to be an American and support our Constitution and laws, with ongoing, necessary revisions, just as they are.

Orin Seybert
| Opinion
FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo violent rioters, loyal to President Donald Trump, storm the Capitol in Washington. The words of Donald Trump supporters who are accused of participating in the deadly U.S. Capitol riot may end up being used against him in his Senate impeachment trial as he faces the charge of inciting a violent insurrection. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Letter: Irresponsible

Sarah Palin should consider the damage she creates in our society when she shares unhinged conspiracy theories and falsehoods.

Steve Johnson
| Opinion
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Letter: The power of love

Let us all try our best to join hands with our friends and neighbors and find the “power of love” to help us through these dark and troubling times.

Lloyd Stiassny
| Opinion
FILE - Officials sort ballots during an audit at the Floyd County administration building in Rome, Ga. on Friday morning, Nov. 13, 2020. On Friday, Nov. 20, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting that the identities of deceased residents in Georgia were used to illegally cast ballots in the 2020 presidential election. (AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)

Letter: Audit election results

To cancel the legitimate concern of half the nation when the margin of victory was razor-thin is both corrosive and divisive.

Justin Michesloff
| Opinion
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