...carbon. All we need do is follow the "revenue neutral" carbon tax example set by our neighbor British Columbia.? Kate Troll served on Governor Palin's Mitigation Advisory Group for Climate Change and was the only Alaskan invited to participate...

Oh friends, not these tones! Rather, let us raise our voices in more pleasing And more joyful sounds! Joy! Joy! This is the English translation of the first stanza of "Ode to Joy" as written by Friedrich Schiller.

Every time former Constitutional Delegate and Statesman, Vic Fischer, hears the ConocoPhillips' ad declaring them, "Alaska's Oil and Gas Company" he cringes because of the affront the ad makes to our constitutional values.

Unlike eight of his fellow Republican Governors who have put the interests of their residents ahead of party politics, Governor Sean Parnell is refusing to accept federal funds for expanding Medicaid to 37,000 needy Alaskans.

Supporters of Gov. Sean Parnell's oil tax bill resent tying the consequences of losing billions in tax revenue to adequately funding our schools. They say it is a false choice.

Right now on the political stage, I'm not feeling real good about being an Alaskan.

The consumer engine of our society has a way of meshing the holiday season into one linked constant spending spree starting with Halloween and ending with New Years.

With all the 'fiscal cliff' drama going on in D.C., I have been thinking about cliffs lately.

...representatives in Washington are out of touch with the problems faced by the average American. It's similar to the point that Kate Troll made in her recent Empire column about the NRA not truly representing its membership. Congress really doesn't represent...

Rarely have I gotten to experience the intersection of history over the years let alone in the course of one day.