Ask a Cat: Vegas trips, problem customers, and Mayor Dave
November 6, 2023
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Alaska Landmine Articles
The Sunday Minefield – November 5, 2023
Jeff Landfield November 5, 2023
Winter has finally arrived as much of Southcentral was hit with snow this weekend. The start of the next legislative session is just over…
Dancing in the streets
Marc Grober November 3, 2023
We have a crisis on our hands; more and more motor vehicles are getting larger and larger, going faster and faster, and making it...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Have Alaska Republicans given up on the market economy?
Brad Keithley November 3, 2023
Fundamental to the operation of any market economy is the relatively unfettered operation of supply and demand in finding an equilibrium price for the...
The Sunday Minefield – October 29, 2023
Jeff Landfield October 29, 2023
Halloween is just two days away! Snow is in the forecast for Anchorage but not for another ten days. Governor Mike Dunleavy (R -…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: A tale of three fiscal subsections
Brad Keithley October 27, 2023
AS 37.13.145 is one of the state’s key fiscal statutes. Titled “Disposition of income,” it sets forth the statutory principles that govern the disposition...
Ask a Cat: New romance, grace vs. mercy, and lip work
Cat October 23, 2023
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The Sunday Minefield – October 22, 2023
Jeff Landfield October 22, 2023
I am just over one week post appendectomy and feeling great! This Sunday Minefield marks the six year anniversary since the first Sunday Minefield,…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: The Permanent Fund Board’s restructuring proposal is a horrible idea
Brad Keithley October 20, 2023
Over the course of the past few months, there have been a series of articles in the press about a purported developing problem with...
Republican governors’ Israel letter makes a glaring error
Representative Andy Josephson October 16, 2023
On Friday October 13th, Governor Mike Dunleavy (R - Alaska), signed onto an 19-governors' co-signed letter to President Joe Biden. There were many topics...
The Sunday Minefield – October 15, 2023 (Special Appendectomy Edition)
Jeff Landfield October 15, 2023
It's mid-October and Anchorage already had a small snowfall this week. Quite a bit happened in Anchorage. A pro-Israel rally was held at the...
Permanent Fund Dividend cuts are not a tax
Roger Marks October 13, 2023
In a recent Anchorage Daily News commentary, I disagreed with other pieces that argued that PFD cuts should be considered a…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Alaska’s “Tax Expenditures”
Brad Keithley October 13, 2023
Tax expenditures are a departure from the “normal” tax code that lowers the tax burden of select individuals or businesses through an exemption, deduction,...
Ask a Cat: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, ASD changes, and co-worker issues
Cat October 9, 2023
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The Sunday Minefield – October 8, 2023
Jeff Landfield October 8, 2023
Below freezing temperatures and even snow is forecast for this week in Anchorage. The start of the legislative session is just over three months…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Fighting with straw men
Brad Keithley October 6, 2023
A straw man fallacy is the informal fallacy of refuting an argument different from the one actually…
Ask a Cat: Dating, house guests, and problem moose
Cat October 3, 2023
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E-bike baloney
Marc Grober October 2, 2023
There has been a constant commercial push in Alaska and elsewhere to populate our byways with “electric bicycles,” or “e-bikes” as they…
The Sunday Minefield – October 1, 2023
Jeff Landfield October 1, 2023
The forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday has the low below freezing in Anchorage. Snow will be here before we know it. It was a…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Who is the current Legislature’s least “regressive” member from a revenue perspective?
Brad Keithley September 29, 2023
There have been several bills filed this session that would help close all or a portion of the state’s...