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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 spent Saturday at the Haines Beerfest, which was a lot of fun. I spent the…

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...

Vamp Anthem: A Review of Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners”

Jacob Hersh

May 22, 2025

No one’s really scared of vampires anymore. Once a vessel for our lingering fears about mortality, sexuality, and guys named Vlydisywch Pyztryznyz, the fear factor that once surrounded vampires is now tainted by decades of overexposure and the Twilight...

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 a day sooner this year. The conference committee finished its work on the operating budget…

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 Terry Miller Naughty Nine: Where are they now

Jeff Landfield

May 13, 2025

On April 6, 2021 all hell broke loose in the Capitol after Must Read Alaska’s Suzanne Downing published a story, “Party Capitol: Beer pong, leg wrestling, and a terse memo from Legislative Affairs.” The story stemmed…

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