“This is the golden age of America,” President Donald Trump proclaimed during his State of the Union speech a few months ago. To his credit, Sen. Dan Sullivan thought it was still important “to acknowledge how working families are struggling with high prices, whether in the grocery store, or in other places.”

The explanation Gov. Mike Dunleavy gave for vetoing SB 64 is it “may present legal concerns” and “would impose significant operational burdens on the administration of Alaska's elections during an election year in which several statewide contests will occur.”

The surging price of gas caused by the war with Iran has become an inextricable problem for President Donald Trump. On Wednesday he reverted to insults. “Iran can’t get their act together,” he wrote in a social media post. “They don’t know how to sign a nonnuclear deal. They better get smart soon!”