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Larry Persily. (Juneau Empire file photo)

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OPINION: Wheels of Fortune just spin better for some people

Rest easy, my column isn’t about politics this week. It’s not that I have sworn off political opinions…

Van Abbott.

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OPINION: The trillion-dollar presidency

How Trump turned war, debt, and chaos into America’s most expensive policy

Van Abbott. (Photo courtesy Van Abbott)

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OPINION: The art of losing

Donald Trump cannot recognize a losing hand

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Making sure no one goes to school hungry

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Kids learn joys of running

Van Abbott is a long-time resident of Alaska and California and a full-time opinion writer. (Photo courtesy Van Abbott)

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OPINION: How a riot became a Republican revenue stream

$10 billion Trump lawsuit against the IRS over leaked tax information has morphed into an “anti-weaponization” fund

Former Gov. Frank Murkowski speaks on a range of subjects during an interview with the Juneau Empire. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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OPINION: Iran conflict a threat to Alaska’s oil supply

Alaska remains vulnerable because we lack sufficient in-state refining capacity to meet many of our own needs

The old Homer News sign hangs on the side of the paper’s former office in 2024. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Out of the office: Watch what happens

Robert W. Service, the poet often referred to as “the bard of the Yukon,” creates in his fifth…

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The people should choose

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Larry Persily.

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Opinion: West Coast and Alaska will pay a price for Trump’s war

This is more about who will pay the cost of the president’s war on Iran and how it’s…

Julie Sande. Photo courtesy of the State of Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development

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Opinion: Alaska’s maritime economy works because we invest in people, not just projects

Reid Williams, a second-generation fisherman from Cordova, grew up in a fishing family and began working as a…

Evan Swensen is a longtime Alaska resident and book publisher. He resides in Anchorage. Photo courtesy Evan Swensen

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Opinion: Alaska’s win-win constitutional solution

Why 2% mortgages could end our budget wars