Walter Betz

How could we modify rules and regulations in a reasonable way to solve simple problems?

These are the words I hear every morning while I am getting the day started at Kwigillingok School. This is the sound of Mary Ann Wilkinson's third-grade students reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in the language of their homes: Yup'ik. As the state debates the desirability of further federal involvement in Alaska education, there are a number of questions which need to be asked.

If the president can admit to making a mistake, the least I can do is to come clean. I am the reason the American economy is faltering. It's my fault.