...members of the Alaska Bar Association Thursday night that clashes between the courts and the other two branches of America's government are nearly as old as the nation itself. People can look back at how the institutions survived conflicts involving...

...system to correct unsound city ordinances. When I was a child, my parents and teachers impressed on me that America's government is the servant of the people (not vice versa as in most nations). Paraphrasing William Shakespeare: "To park...

Last month, the U.S. House of Representatives took a major step toward returning America's government to its people when it passed the bipartisan Shays/Meehan bill campaign reform bill. The Shays/Meehan bill would begin to clean...