Alaska Gas Inducement Act (AGIA)

Like it or not, we are now fully committed to Governor Palin’s plan to build a gas line into Canada from Alaska’s north slope.  We’re all hoping for the best, though from here it looks like a pretty scary ride. Published 1/4/2009.

Alaska’s Upside-Down Economy

In only two hundred twenty five years, about three lifetimes by today’s standards, the United States has progressed from a group of colonies to the single leading economy in the world. Our capitalist economy has two main factors that other economic systems (i.e., communism, socialism and fascism) lack: private land ownership and the individual profit motive.  But there are some ways that [...]

How soon we forget

Recently we’ve been hearing how much money Alaska has as a result of abnormally high oil prices. And Governor Palin likes to flaunt her increased oil tax revenues before they are realized. But remember it was only five years ago, at the end of the Tony Knowles administration, that we were headed for real budget [...]