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EDITORIAL

Stevens' trial

The prosecution's repeated transgressions raise the risk that any conviction would be overturned on appeal.

EDITORIAL

Rescue or bailout?

Look closely at the Wall Street bailout/rescue plans, and you'll see important differences between Alaska's congressional candidates.

EDITORIAL

Palin on health care

Gov. Palin has made small steps toward better health care for Alaskans but has yet to achieve significant improvements. Coming Sunday, a look at Palin's record on energy issues.

EDITORIAL

No-bid preferences

The FDA’s manipulation of the no-bid preference for Native firms shows the need to reform the program

EDITORIAL

Two steps forward ...

Police standards should stay high.

ALASKA NOTEBOOK

Who they are

McCain got his money's worth out of Sarah Palin's debate performance. She probably did about as well as she could given her experience and background.

EDITORIAL

Monegan case

Delaying won't make it go away -- Gov. Palin and Attorney General Colberg should help the Legislature to resolve Troopergate.

EDITORIAL

Who's up / Who's down

Ups and Downs noted in the Palin-Biden debate

EDITORIAL

Palin hits her stride

The race isn't over.

EDITORIAL

Migration

Government and nonprofit groups in Anchorage should coordinate assistance for rural Alaskans who are moving to the city in greater numbers.

EDITORIAL

Bailey's return

Frank Bailey should resign.

EDITORIAL

Education

Gov. Palin quickly grasped the need for more spending, but she has not spoken to other education issues.

SECOND OF TWO EDITORIALS

How Palin governs

Sarah Palin’s record as Alaska’s chief executive is not yet deep enough to draw definitive conclusions.

FIRST OF TWO EDITORIALS

How Palin governs

Palin's record as a chief executive ranges from smart and effective to embarrassingly flawed.

EDITORIAL

Tax tale

If Alaska's North Slope gas shippers want an irreversible tax stability guarantee, they'll need a better argument.

EDITORIAL

Counting calories

Calorie counts for restaurant food? It's good information.

EDITORIAL

Benzene pollution

Benzene is a cancer-causing air pollutant. The less of it in Anchorage's air, the better.

EDITORIAL

He's no angel

Alaskans have two legitimate questions: Why is Wooten still a trooper? And did Gov. Palin do anything improper in Troopergate?

EDITORIAL

New lungs

Something serious is wrong with our system of health care coverage when Troy Chapman has to wait until near death to get the lung transplant he needed.

EDITORIAL

Rasmuson

Alaska is a better place for having the Rasmuson Foundation.

NOTEBOOK

Small-town change

While self-proclaimed small-town mom Sarah Palin is off running for vice president, her rapidly growing hometown is starting to look more and more like ... gasp! ... Anchorage.

SECTION

Palin commentary

Running collection of editorials and guest columns discussing Gov. Palin as a vice presidential candidate.

OPINION: READER-SUBMITTED

Good, bad and ugly

Send photos of what's appealing - and not so appealing - in your neighborhood and in the city.

OPINION: VIDEO

Comparison the pits

Curmudgeon digs up another similarity the Governor overlooked in comparing pit bulls to hockey moms.

ANIMATED EDITORIAL CARTOON

Save Sen. Stevens

Self-appointed Daily News ombudsman Joe Contraire says the paper is much too harsh on poor Sen. Ted Stevens.

ANIMATED EDITORIAL CARTOON

Contraire Water Initiative

Joe Contraire proposes his own "Real Alaska" solution to the problem of untangling the Wooten affair

OPINION: VIDEO

State of our dreams

Joe Contraire, frustrated by the greenie stranglehold on Alaska, proposes we take matters into our own hands.

Gas line commentary

20000717 NATURAL GAS

Here's what the Daily News and influential Alaskans are saying about the gas line.

OPINION

Letters: Unfiltered

If the Daily News wasn't able to run your Letter to the Editor in print, feel free to post it online.

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