Alaska Dispatch

I won't argue anybody's misconceptions about the Iditarod because I don't have to. I know the truth: Dog care is the most important thing in a musher's life.

To continue to attract new investment in its resources, Alaska must return to the policies that successfully developed the state's wealth in the first place.

The Municipality of Anchorage isn't an insurance company. If there is a contractual agreement, Mayor Sullivan, show us the contract.

The voters were correct in mandating the all-Alaska gas pipeline in 2002. Now it is time to build it, and to vote out those who ignored our will.

Pressing business is being put aside this week as legislators attend an energy conference in Washington D.C., but that's not what should most concern us.

Global warming skeptics must recognize that real -- not predicted -- climate change is already turning the Arctic into a potential military flash point.

On Monday, Sens. Murkowski and Begich will lead a roundtable discussion on how to get Alaskans more involved in planning for increased shipping traffic resulting from a melting Arctic.

Increasing legislators' base pay created windfalls for some in the form of a significant increase in future pension payments.

How we can eliminate oil taxes and stimulate production.

Some say that doctors charge too much, and the two health insurance companies that dominate Alaska's market have an interest in keeping doctors happy, so who ends up paying?

What may appear to be "a change of heart" is more likely the result of a change in circumstances. Am I ready to say "full steam ahead" on offshore development? Absolutely not.