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Alaska’s court system is improving public access, but one more step would help
It’s nearly impossible to keep track of civil filings in state courts without a good automatic notification system, and that’s missing in Alaska.
Mar 194 min read


All work and no pay is an insult to TSA employees
Funding for the Department of Homeland Security stopped more than a month ago when congressional Democrats and Republicans and the president put partisanship, reelection campaigns and social media messaging ahead of doing their job.
Mar 182 min read


Recognizing the Tongass as a mining district
Many Alaskans and folks Outside, including in Congress, do not realize that the Tongass National Forest is a Volcanic Mass Sulfide area the size of West Virginia and, accordingly, a major Alaska mining district.
Mar 173 min read


Letter: Mourning the attack on Temple Israel in Michigan
Congregation Sukkat Shalom, the reform Jewish synagogue in Juneau, mourns the terror attack on Temple Israel, in Bloomfield, Michigan. Our thoughts and prayers are with the congregants, clergy, families, staff, and the entire Detroit Jewish community.
Mar 151 min read


Pause and reassess when conditions are changing
CBJ is making quite an effort to give residents a say in their budget decisions, and I hope they will listen to the full range of ideas on how to get through this challenge.
Mar 153 min read


The wrong approach to putting Alaska first
There’s a new 15-second ad out that claims “Dan Sullivan always puts Alaska first.” Don’t be fooled. If he hadn’t been putting the interests of President Donald Trump first, more than a few hardcore MAGA Alaskans would have filed to run against him.
Mar 133 min read


Alaska’s glacial lakes are expanding, increasing the risk of destructive outburst floods
Every summer, people living near the Mendenhall River in Juneau, Alaska, keep a close eye on the water level. When the river level begins to rise rapidly, it’s a sign that Suicide Basin, a small glacier-dammed lake 5 miles up the mountains, has broken through the glacier again and a glacial lake outburst flood is underway.
Mar 124 min read


Juneau can’t afford decisions driven by momentum
As an investor, one of the hardest decisions is not choosing what to buy but deciding when to walk away. That becomes even harder when an investment is underwater — when the numbers no longer support the original thesis, the timeline has slipped and the cost continues to grow. At that point, the challenge is no longer analytical. It is emotional.
Mar 104 min read


Priorities for this year’s Key Campaign
The Key Campaign is coming to town! I am excited about this because it brings together a community of Alaska advocates to Juneau.
Mar 92 min read


In Juneau’s soul, a deeper pain
Telephone Hill is our last refuge downtown, a place of peace and beauty and a historic treasure. It needs to be a designated historic district. It is beauty created and left to us by our pioneers to give us joy and transcendent peace.
Mar 83 min read


Letter: DOT must terminate the Cascade Point Stage 1 contract
The sequence of decisions made in advancing this ridiculous project constitutes a breach of fiduciary duty by Southcoast Region Director Christopher Goins and Alaska Marine Highway System Director Craig Tornga.
Mar 62 min read


War is a mere continuation of Trump lying to Americans
On Wednesday, Sen. Lisa Murkowski voted against a War Powers Resolution that would have directed President Donald Trump to end U.S. Armed Forces involvement in the war against Iran. She’s certainly right that he “should have sought authorization from Congress before striking Iran on this scale.” And I agree with her argument that an “abrupt cessation of all offensive operations” would be a mistake.
Mar 63 min read
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