Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Preparing for next week’s “Budget Day”
December 8, 2023
In addition to the upcoming holidays, as the calendar hits December, we start thinking also about the upcoming “Budget Day,” the day by which…
Alaska Landmine Articles
Ask a Cat: The holidays, co-parenting after divorce, and food preferences
Cat December 4, 2023
Ask a cat is an advice column featured in the Alaska Landmine. Have a question for the Cat? Email askacat@alaskalandmine.com or click here to submit...
The Sunday Minefield – December 3, 2023
Jeff Landfield December 3, 2023
It’s already December! Christmas is three weeks away. The New Year is four weeks away. And the start of the next legislative session is…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: How Larry Persily (and others) misstate the real issue
Brad Keithley December 1, 2023
In the middle of a recent column on the Anchorage Daily News (ADN) op-ed pages ostensibly about Thanksgiving, “long-time Alaska journalist,…
The Sunday Minefield – November 26, 2023
Jeff Landfield November 26, 2023
I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. Christmas and New Years are just around the corner! I flew down to Florida to spend Thanksgiving…
Ask a Cat: Bad Secret Santa, workplace bullying, and post-hookup confusion
Cat November 20, 2023
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The Sunday Minefield – November 19, 2023
Jeff Landfield November 19, 2023
Temperatures are near zero in Anchorage, but at least the snow has stopped! Juneau, however, is under a blizzard warning tomorrow, with over a…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: “Free money” subsidies
Brad Keithley November 17, 2023
If there were no Permanent Fund earnings, there would be no Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD). But there also would be no Permanent Fund earnings...
The Sunday Minefield – November 12, 2023
Jeff Landfield November 12, 2023
The big news of the week in Southcentral was the first snowstorm of the year, and the absolute failure to adequately plow the roads...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: The Alaska House Coalition is lying
Brad Keithley November 10, 2023
An op-ed published on the pages of the Anchorage Daily News last week written by Representative Alyse Galvin (I - Anchorage) and co-signed by...
Ask a Cat: Vegas trips, problem customers, and Mayor Dave
Cat November 6, 2023
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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...