Is BP Cutting Production to Blackmail Alaska?
BP’s tankers occasionally return to Valdez with millions of gallons of Alaskan oil on board, reports The San Francisco Chronicle, the Houston Chronicle, and the Fairbanks News Miner.
Opinion: Campaign Finance Reform
"Take it from two United States Senators from both sides of the aisle who have decades of experience in public life: Campaign-finance rules have a tremendous impact on the public policy agenda in Congress. Contrary to the popular perception, the prospect of getting – or not getting – a check from an individual or political […]
OPINION: Subsistence Rights Must be Respected, Protected
Even though I currently live in Anchorage, I grew up in a village 80 miles Southwest of Fairbanks, and I was raised on a subsistence diet. Sure, we traveled to town when the Tanana River was frozen in the winter, or when the ferry was running in the summer, but if it weren't for fish, […]
OPINION: Alaska's Judges: Public Servants, or Robed Masters?
Judicial retention elections rarely attract much interest from the news media, or from voters. But this year we have reason to pay attention – and take action.