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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...

Ellie Rubenstein tells whoppers at Saudi finance conference, exposes blatant conflict of interest

Jeff Landfield   November 1, 2023

Ellie Rubenstein, who was appointed to the Permanent Fund board of Trustees in June of 2022 by Governor Mike Dunleavy (R - Alaska), spoke...

State of Alaska files lawsuit asking court to affirm Campbell Lake public access

Jeff Landfield and Paxson Woelber   October 30, 2023

The State of Alaska filed a lawsuit today in State Superior Court asking that the court affirm the existence of public access easements on…

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 -…

Murkowski campaign mistakenly sent out email promoting new ranked choice voting system

Jeff Landfield   October 29, 2023

On August 31, an email went out from U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski's (R - Alaska) campaign to hundreds of Murkowski supporters and volunteers. The...

The death of the west: A review of Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon”

Jacob Hersh   October 27, 2023

“Killers of the Flower Moon” begins with the death of a people, and a certain kind of violent rebirth. Martin Scorsese’s latest epic opens...

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

Ask a cat is an advice column featured in the Alaska Landmine. Have a question for the Cat? Email askacat@alaskalandmine.com or click…

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,...

Former Bering Straits employee who was sexually harassed files two lawsuits against Bering Straits

Jeff Landfield   October 11, 2023

In June, the Landmine ran a story titled, "Sexual harassment allegation and investigation led to corporate shake-up at Bering Straits Native...

Ask a Cat: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, ASD changes, and co-worker issues

Cat   October 9, 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 – 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

Ask a cat is an advice column featured in the Alaska Landmine. Have a question for the Cat? Email askacat@alaskalandmine.com or click…

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…
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