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Nick Varney
Unhinged Alaska: A butthead named Baster
By Nick Varney • November 27, 2024 2:30 am

Time now for the Baster saga that took place a few years ago

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Rosa Parks, whose civil rights legacy has recent been subject to revision in class curriculums. (Public domain photo from the National Archives and Records Administration Records)
Point of View: Proud to be ‘woke’
By Rodger Painter • November 21, 2024 1:30 am

Wokeness: the quality of being alert to and concerned about social injustice and discrimination: “will this new era of wokeness…

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The Alaska Psychiatric Institute in Anchorage. (Alaska Department of Family and Community Services photo)
Point of View: Small wins make big impacts...
By Kim Kovol • November 21, 2024 1:30 am

The Alaska Psychiatric Institute (API), an 80-bed psychiatric hospital located in Anchorage, is operated by the Department of Family and…

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Opinion: The Democratic Party’s failure of imagination
Opinion: The Democratic Party’s failure of imagination
By Rich Moniak • November 14, 2024 1:30 am

Aside from not being a lifelong Republican like Peter Wehner, the sentiment he expressed in The Atlantic a few weeks…

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State Senate Majority Leader Cathy Giessel, R-Anchorage, left, confers with Senate President Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak, and other members during an April 24, 2024 floor session. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)
Opinion: This could be Alaska’s last shot at...
By Larry Persily • November 14, 2024 1:30 am

The next two years may be Alaska’s last chance for productive, bipartisan legislative action.

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Nick Varney
Unhinged Alaska: The Beast
By Nick Varney • October 17, 2024 1:30 am

We first noticed what looked to be trouble brewing in the far hinterlands of the Bering Sea while watching the…

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Out of the Office: Bitter patience for sweet...
By Delcenia Cosman • August 29, 2024 1:30 am

The last time I wrote for this column, I was digging raspberry plants out of my friend’s backyard.

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Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. board members, staff and advisors meet Oct. 30, 2023. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)
Opinion: The concerns of reasonable Alaskans isn’t ‘noise’
By Rich Moniak • July 2, 2024 1:30 am

During a legislative hearing on Monday, CEO Deven Mitchell referred to controversy it’s created as “noise.”

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Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom addresses the crowd during an inaugural celebration for her and Gov. Mike Dunleavy at Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall on Jan. 20, 2023.
Opinion: The many truths Dahlstrom will deny
By Rich Moniak • June 26, 2024 1:30 am

Real conservatives wouldn’t be trashing the rule of law

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Nick Varney. Photo provided
Reeling ‘Em In: Fishing picks up with the...
By Nick Varney • May 29, 2024 2:30 am

So, let’s start this week’s column with some cool news.

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Apayauq Reitan, the first transgender woman to participate in the Iditarod, tells the House Education Committee on March 30, 2023, why she opposes a bill restricting transgender rights. (Mark Sabbatini/Juneau Empire file photo)
Opinion: The imaginary transgender sports crisis
By Rich Moniak • May 22, 2024 1:30 am

House Bill 183 is a right-wing solution to a problem that doesn’t exist now and never will

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A Celebrity Cruises ship docks in Juneau on July 15, 2023.
My Turn: It is possible to be pro-tourism...
By Stuart Hallam • May 22, 2024 1:30 am

I originally came to town as a visitor over 30 years ago. I found a vibrant town and vibrant visitor…

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Mount Redoubt can be seen across Cook Inlet from North Kenai Beach on Thursday, July 2, 2022.
Opinion: Alaska might as well embrace the past
By Larry Persily • May 8, 2024 1:30 am

One proposal to solve the impending energy shortage for Alaska’s population centers is to go back in time. To the…

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