The Sunday Minefield – June 29, 2025
June 29, 2025
The Fourth of July Independence Day holiday is just five days away. It falls on a Friday this year, so it will be a…
Alaska Landmine Articles
Reflecting on a Father’s Day fishing trip to Homer, Alaska from New York City
Eugene "Gino" Durante June 27, 2025
Living on planet Earth is peculiar. Despite billions of people, raising an upright walking human comes with challenges in every time zone. Perhaps it’s…
The Sunday Minefield – June 22, 2025
Jeff Landfield June 22, 2025
The summer solstice has come and gone. I hope everyone had an awesome solstice weekend! Several people illegally camping at Davis Park in Anchorage…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Updating some monthly charts on the Permanent Fund
Brad Keithley June 20, 2025
As regular followers of our Facebook, LinkedIn, X (formerly Twitter), and
Cluck and Cover: Sow’s nightly South Anchorage poultry plunder
Allison Hovanec June 16, 2025
In South Anchorage, a brown bear sow and her two nearly grown cubs have been seeking unnatural prey and causing thousands of dollars damage...
The Sunday Minefield – June 15, 2025
Jeff Landfield June 15, 2025
Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there! I have been in New Mexico the last week visiting my parents so…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: What an Anchorage Daily News story on the Permanent Fund missed
Brad Keithley June 13, 2025
As regular readers will know, we have written several times in recent months about the performance of the Permanent Fund Corporation (PFC) in managing...
The Sunday Minefield – June 8, 2025
Jeff Landfield June 8, 2025
We are less than a month away from being halfway through 2025! Governor Mike Dunleavy (R – Alaska) held his annual Sustainable…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Think oil credits are big? There’s another even bigger category
Brad Keithley June 6, 2025
The first thing that comes to many, indeed, likely most minds when discussing Alaska tax credits is the per-barrel credits used by…
The Sunday Minefield – June 1, 2025
Jeff Landfield June 1, 2025
I can’t believe it’s already June! Summer is definitely here. The budget and several bills were transmitted to Governor Mike Dunleavy (R…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Financing the FY26 Budget
Brad Keithley May 30, 2025
Now that the legislative session is over, this week we look at how the Legislature proposes to finance the Fiscal Year (FY)…
The Sunday Minefield – May 25, 2025
Jeff Landfield May 26, 2025
I hope everyone had a good Memorial Day weekend! I took the ferry to Haines from Juneau early Friday morning with some friends. I…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Why the Permanent Fund earnings reserve account is not in danger of being drained
Brad Keithley May 26, 2025
In last week’s column, we explored an issue underlying the arguments of some who are...
The Sunday Minefield – May 18, 2025
Jeff Landfield May 18, 2025
There are just three days left until the end of the 121-day session! By all accounts, it looks like they may actually finish up…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Some important numbers that have been missing from the Permanent Fund debate
Brad Keithley May 16, 2025
Readers of this column and other op-ed pages will know that the Legislature and others are in the...
The Sunday Minefield – May 11, 2025
Jeff Landfield May 11, 2025
Just ten days remain until the end of the regular session. Surprisingly, things seem to be moving along rather smoothly. The House failed to…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: HB 209: A wolf in sheep’s clothing
Brad Keithley May 11, 2025
On the heels of the Legislature’s expected approval of a $1,000 Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 – adjusted for inflation,…
The Sunday Minefield – May 4, 2025
Jeff Landfield May 4, 2025
May the Fourth be with you! Only 17 days remain until the end of the regular session, and things finally look like they are…
Alaska should eliminate all sales taxes on gold and silver
Matthew Cortez May 3, 2025
As inflation cuts into Alaskans’ savings, individuals and businesses are actively seeking ways to protect their hard-earned money. Lawmakers in Alaska have reintroduced a...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Dunleavy came in promising to “Save the PFD,” but is going to leave having helped kill it
Brad Keithley May 2, 2025
Most who were here at the time of the 2018 governor’s race will recall that central to now-Governor Mike...