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Does Glenfarne actually need a pipeline?
Everyone debating the Alaska LNG project assumes the developer wants what it says it wants: to build an 800-mile natural gas pipeline. But look at Glenfarne’s deeds instead of its words, and a different possibility emerges. Glenfarne may actually be waiting to see if things work out with the pipeline because it now has an essentially guaranteed moneymaker in the form of a project to import LNG into Cook Inlet for local needs. Consider the company’s position.
Does Glenfarne actually need a pipeline? Original
Everyone debating the Alaska LNG project assumes the developer wants what it says it wants: to build an 800-mile natural gas pipeline. But look at Glenfarne’s deeds instead of its words, and a different possibility emerges. Glenfarne may actually be waiting to see if things work out with the pipeline because it now has an essentially guaranteed moneymaker in the form of a project to import LNG into Cook Inlet for local needs. Consider the company’s position.
Scrutiny scant on homeless resource center
Good storytelling seeks to entertain, inform or provide an emotional connection. Bad storytelling annoys, bores, misleads or misdirects. The sheriff’s office maintains a sex offenders’ registrants list. On July 31, this list showed 404 E. Washington Blvd., The Rescue Mission, was home to more than two dozen registrants, six noted as “sexually violent predator” or offenders against children.
Letter: The Democrat plot that elected Republicans
If Republicans think ranked choice voting is a sinister plot to elect Democrats, perhaps they’d care to explain why, six years after Alaska adopted it, our entire congressional delegation is Republican and Republicans outnumber Democrats 32-23 in the Alaska Legislature. — Stan Jones, Anchorage • • • Have something on your mind? Send to letters@adn.com or click here to submit via any web browser. Please include your contact info. Letters under 200 words will have the best chance of being published.
Letter: Where is Mr. Whitekeys when we need him?
Please, Mr. Whitekeys, come out of retirement long enough to give us a parody version of “Barbara Ann” in honor of our U.S. Senate race. I’ll contribute the opening lines: Dan, Dan, Dan, all the Dans ran! Dan, Dan, Dan, all the Dans ran! Over to you, ‘Keys. Alaska has never needed you more! — Stan Jones, Anchorage • • • Have something on your mind? Send to letters@adn.com or click here to submit via any web browser. Please include your contact info.
Letter: Another ‘no’ to the repeal of ranked choice voting
Count me as an emphatic “no!” on the ballot initiative to repeal ranked choice voting. RCV has taken control of the political process away from parties and put it into the hands of the people, where it belongs. I’m voting no to keep it there. — Stan Jones, Anchorage • • • Have something on your mind? Send to letters@adn.com or click here to submit via any web browser. Please include your contact info. Letters under 200 words will have the best chance of being published.
Letter: Placebo politics won’t fix public safety
The proposed Anchorage Public Safety Commission looks less like meaningful oversight than an exercise in placebo politics. The ordinance addresses few of the concerns recently raised about the Anchorage Police Department. The proposed commission would have no independent budget, no staff, no investigative authority, no disciplinary power and little meaningful independence from the Assembly that created it.
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Opinion: Railbelt gas consumers need a VW Beetle, so don’t charge us for a Greyhound bus
A sign warns of underground natural gas pipelines at the Cook Inlet Natural Gas Storage Alaska facility in Kenai. (Loren Holmes / ADN) In the discussion about the looming natural gas shortage facing Railbelt consumers, one critical fact is too often overlooked: The Alaska LNG project proposed as a major part of the solution is not really one project. It is two. Phase 1 would build a North Slope gas pipeline to supply Alaska’s Railbelt.
Letter: Hot air output is at maximum capacity
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: If we could capture the decades of gas passed by politicians and princes of industry on this subject, we wouldn’t need a pipeline. — Stan Jones, Anchorage • • • Have something on your mind? Send to letters@adn.com or click here to submit via any web browser. Please include your contact info. Letters under 200 words will have the best chance of being published.
Meet Jamie Lochner: An Excerpt From ‘Exit Sideways’ by Stan Jones
When Palm Springs millionaire Barney Lochner is found dead in his mansion—and his trophy wife’s lover is shot to death at a Salton Sea mini-mart—private investigator Dana Forsythe is pulled into a tangle of greed, lust and betrayal worthy of the valley’s most exclusive midcentury modern zip codes. Dana’s client is Jamie Lochner, the trophy wife in question.
Opinion: Alaska’s data-center dreams need a reality check
An Amazon Web Services AI data center in New Carlisle, Ind. (Noah Berger/Amazon Web Services via AP Images) The idea of attracting data centers to Alaska may sound appealing, but the reality is blunt: Our power costs too much, and we don’t have any to spare. In Southcentral, where a major data center would most likely be built, large commercial users on Chugach’s system pay roughly 14 to 17 cents per kilowatt-hour for delivered power. That alone puts us at a disadvantage.
Opinion: The LNG pitch sounds promising but the fine print is missing
Gov. Mike Dunleavy, left, and Brendan Duval, CEO and founder of Glenfarne Group. (Bill Roth / ADN) Last December, the Legislature’s Budget and Audit Committee released a report by GaffneyCline, a London-based energy consultancy, on the legislative implications of the proposed Alaska LNG project. The report is worth reading. But it was commissioned to inform enabling legislation, and that shapes what it emphasizes and leaves unexamined.
Letter: Congratulations, AI, you just laid off all your customers
Every day, there’s another headline about U.S. employers laying off tens of thousands of employees because AI can do the work more cheaply. These companies should think about where this ends. So should state and federal governments, and so should the rest of us. The economy writ large employs its own customers.
Opinion: Alaska must proceed with caution on gas line legislation
Pipes lead to a filtration system at the Cook Inlet Natural Gas Storage Alaska facility in Kenai. (Loren Holmes / ADN archives) Alaskans have watched a parade of natural gas pipeline proposals come and go — as in go nowhere. They have stalled under the weight of runaway costs, shifting markets and political pressure to move faster than prudence allows.
Opinion: Alaskans must proceed with caution on gasline legislation
Alaskans have watched a parade of natural gas pipeline proposals come and go, as in go nowhere. They have stalled under the weight of runaway costs, shifting markets, and political pressure to move faster than prudence allows. The Legislature should remember this history as it scrutinizes legislation this session related to the latest gasline proposal, the project advanced by Glenfarne Group in partnership with the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation.
My Turn: Alaskans must proceed with caution on gasline legislation
My Turn: Alaskans must proceed with caution on gasline legislation Alaskans have watched a parade of natural gas pipeline proposals come and go, as in go nowhere. They have stalled under the weight of runaway costs, shifting markets, and political pressure to move faster than prudence allows.
Opinion: Anchorage is a place, not a spreadsheet
A young bull moose browses near Anchorage's West High School in March 2024. (Bill Roth / ADN) Anchorage is not an abstraction or a budget exercise to me. It’s a place where people live, work, raise families and thrive. That’s why I support raising municipal taxes to provide adequate funding for our city and our schools. For years, state support for Anchorage has been in sharp decline. Once it funded nearly a third of the city’s operating budget; now it provides less than 1%.
Opinion: Alaskans, don’t be duped by the citizens voter initiative
Voters received stickers after they cast their general election ballot at the Alaska Division of Elections Region II office in Anchorage as absentee in-person and early voting began on Oct. 21, 2024. (Bill Roth / ADN) A signature drive is underway for a ballot measure formally titled “An Act requiring that only United States citizens may be qualified to vote in Alaska elections,” often referred to by its sponsors as the United States Citizens Voter Act.
Point of View: Alaskans, don’t be duped by the Citizens Voter initiative
A signature drive is underway for a ballot measure officially titled the United States Citizens Voter Act. Supporters say it would “clarify” that only U.S. citizens may vote in Alaska elections. That may sound harmless. But Alaskans should not sign this petition or vote for the measure if it reaches the ballot. The problem it claims to fix is entirely imaginary and its real intent has nothing to do with election integrity. Alaska already requires voters to be U.S. citizens.
Alaskans, don’t be duped by the Citizens Voter initiative
A signature drive is underway for a ballot measure officially titled the United States Citizens Voter Act. Supporters say it would “clarify” that only U.S. citizens may vote in Alaska elections. That may sound harmless, but Alaskans should not sign this petition or vote for the measure if it reaches the ballot. The problem it claims to fix is entirely imaginary and its real intent has nothing to do with election integrity. Alaska already requires voters to be U.S. citizens.
Letter: It takes a village?
At least 14 people are already running for governor in Alaska, and the August jungle primary is still eight months off. At this rate, the ballot could end up longer than a roll of paper towels and include more people than some of our rural villages. — Stan Jones, Anchorage
Letter: Anchorage needs the real police oversight that a hybrid model could deliver
Anchorage is on the verge of creating meaningful police oversight for the first time in years. The city’s task force’s recommendation to revive the Public Safety Advisory Commission with real authority is an important step. But if we want oversight that actually works, we need a stronger structure. The best model, used successfully in cities from Seattle to Denver, combines two elements: a professional inspector general and a civilian oversight commission.
So obvious Korea can see it from 4,000 miles away
To the editor: Gov. Dunleavy may not be able to see it from Juneau, but the Korean government can see it from Seoul. South Korea’s Minister of Trade, Industry and Resources, Kim Jung-kwan, told his National Assembly last week that the Alaska LNG project does not meet his country’s commercial-viability standards and is therefore excluded from a $200 billion investment fund intended for U.S. projects.
Opinion: America can’t afford its billionaires anymore
There was a time when the fortunes of our wealthiest citizens signaled national success — proof that innovation, hard work and broad opportunity could create extraordinary value. Somewhere along the way, that promise turned. The United States has reached a tipping point: we cannot afford our billionaires on their current terms. We now live in an economy where the top 1 percent — about three million Americans — hold nearly 32% of all U.S. wealth, while the bottom half of the country holds barely 3%.
Trump’s war on renewables is hurting Alaska, crippling America, and helping China
Donald Trump’s ongoing assault on renewable energy may play well in the oil patch, but it is a costly act of self-sabotage for the rest of America — especially Alaska. Alaska has long depended on oil, yet it is also one of the most renewable-rich states in the country. State analyses suggest that by replacing part of its oil and gas use with renewables, Alaska could save more than $1 billion by the early 2030s through lower fuel and operating costs.
Opinion: Trump’s war on renewables is hurting Alaska, crippling America and helping China
Donald Trump’s ongoing assault on renewable energy may play well in the oil patch, but it is a costly act of self-sabotage for the rest of America — especially Alaska. Alaska has long depended on oil, yet it is also one of the most renewable-rich states in the country. State analyses suggest that by replacing part of its oil and gas use with renewables, Alaska could save more than $1 billion by the early 2030s through lower fuel and operating costs.
The elephant in the room Is a bullet
To the editor: After every mass shooting in America, the script rolls out like clockwork. A firehose of platitudes: “thoughts and prayers.” “This has to stop.” Politicians and pundits scramble to blame MAGA extremists, liberals, mental illness, transgender people, video games — any convenient scapegoat. But through all the noise, the one common element in every single mass shooting too often goes unmentioned: guns. We are a nation armed to the teeth.
Opinion: The elephant in the room is a bullet
After every mass shooting in America, the script rolls out like clockwork. A firehose of platitudes: “Thoughts and prayers.” “This has to stop.” Politicians and pundits scramble to blame MAGA extremists, liberals, mental illness, transgender people, video games — any convenient scapegoat. But through all the noise, the one common element in every single mass shooting too often goes unmentioned: guns. We are a nation armed to the teeth.
Letter: McCabe piece on Alaska Constitution dispute left out some important facts
Rep. Kevin McCabe’s Sept. 18 opinion piece (“The Alaska Legislature is overstepping in its dispute with the governor over his proposed agriculture department”) argues that Gov. Dunleavy’s Executive Order 137 was issued under “clear constitutional authority” and that the Legislature is irresponsibly overstepping by challenging it. That framing leaves out some important facts.
Letter: Charlie Kirk was not a saint
In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, there’s a rush to sanctify him — as if he were some apostle and practitioner of reasoned discourse. Let’s be honest: he was anything but. Kirk built his career on inflammatory rhetoric, not intellectual rigor. He dismissed civil rights legislation, smeared LGBTQ+ communities, and defended gun violence as a necessary cost of freedom. These weren’t isolated missteps — they were consistent features of his public persona. His death is tragic.
Letter: McCabe missed the boat on ranked choice voting
After reading Rep. Kevin McCabe’s latest op-ed about ranked choice voting (“The impact of ranked choice voting and monoculture governance in Alaska”), I had to laugh. What a big whiny baby — still looking for excuses to explain his party’s lackluster performance instead of facing reality. If ranked choice voting really discriminates against anyone outside the “bland middle ground,” then how does he explain Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s 2022 reelection under RCV? Or Nick Begich III’s 2024 win?
Opinion: Trump is channeling Orbán and Erdoğan - and that’s bad news for our wallets
If you’re betting your retirement on Donald Trump’s economic vision, now might be the time to call a priest and have last rites read over your 401(k). Trump is modeling his economic playbook on the two authoritarian leaders he admires most — Hungary’s Viktor Orbán and Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan — and their policies have trashed their economies. Ours could be next. This month, Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics — just days after jobs data fell short of his expectations.
Opinion: The 2026 midterm elections may be our last chance to protect democracy
Many Americans still believe our democratic institutions will protect us from Donald Trump’s march toward authoritarian rule. But that belief is dangerously naïve. If Trump supporters retain control of Congress in 2026, he will be positioned to subvert future elections and entrench minority rule for a generation. Trump has already shown how far he’s willing to go.
Letter: Some of us still believe in looking out for each other
Scott Kendall’s ADN op-ed defending Lisa Murkowski’s vote for Trump’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” overlooks two glaring problems. First, Kendall argues that at least Murkowski got some scraps for Alaska while the rest of the country got the shaft. But newsflash: Alaskans are Americans, too. We have family, friends, jobs, school needs and medical needs Outside. When the rest of the country suffers, so do we. It’s called being part of a nation. Second, there’s the matter of payback.
Letter: Gas shortage? What gas shortage?
It is my considered opinion that, if we could have captured all the gas passed by decades of politicians assuring us the North Slope gasline was just around the corner, we wouldn’t need it to solve our Cook Inlet energy shortage. — Stan Jones, Anchorage • • • Have something on your mind? Send to letters@adn.com or click here to submit via any web browser. Please include your contact info. Letters under 200 words will have the best chance of being published.
Doomsayers have loose hold on facts and reality
Ah, the weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth by local lefties. This condition is exemplified by Connie Haas Zuber’s op-ed of April 7, highlighted by the arrogant, pompous headline produced by the premier left-wing editorial board in the state. To assert the rally at the Courthouse Green on April 5 was an incident where “the people have spoken” is, to say the least, a bit asinine. Maybe some specific people. Maybe a portion of the people. But “the” people? Hardly.
Alaska should keep ranked choice voting, but let's make it easier
Ranked choice voting, or RCV, is once again under threat in Alaska. A new ballot initiative seeks to repeal the system that Alaskans voted into place in 2020 and narrowly reaffirmed in 2024. If this new repeal measure qualifies for the 2026 ballot, voters should reject it again — just like last time. RCV has given Alaskans a better way to express their preferences, it has put more options on the ballot, and it has fostered a less-toxic political climate. But that doesn’t mean RCV can’t be improved.
Opinion: Alaska should keep ranked choice voting, but let’s make it easier
Ranked choice voting, or RCV, is once again under threat in Alaska. A new ballot initiative seeks to repeal the system that Alaskans voted into place in 2020 and narrowly reaffirmed in 2024. If this new repeal measure qualifies for the 2026 ballot, voters should reject it again — just like last time. RCV has given Alaskans a better way to express their preferences, it has put more options on the ballot, and it has fostered a less-toxic political climate. But that doesn’t mean RCV can’t be improved.
Opinion: Alaska should keep ranked choice voting. But let’s make it easier.
Ranked choice voting, or RCV, is once again under threat in Alaska. A new ballot initiative seeks to repeal the system that Alaskans voted into place in 2020 and narrowly reaffirmed in 2024. If this new repeal measure qualifies for the 2026 ballot, voters should reject it again, just like last time. RCV has given Alaskans a better way to express their preferences. It has put more options on the ballot, and it has fostered a less-toxic political climate. But that doesn’t mean RCV can’t be improved.
Opinion: Corporate America’s spineless tap-dance with Donald Trump
To paraphrase the legendary Fred Allen, “You can take all the courage in the average American executive suite, place it in the navel of a fruit fly, and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and Donald Trump’s hands.” That’s about the size of the backbone we’re seeing from corporate America today as it bends the knee to the once and current president. It’s not surprising. The marriage between big business and political expediency has been one of cynical convenience for centuries.
Letter: Alaska, let’s make the first move
With President Trump now casually floating the idea of taking over Canada, it’s time for Alaska to reconsider its position on the map. Rather than waiting to be part of an aggressive land grab, Alaska should take the initiative — secede from the U.S. and join Canada instead. The result? A sprawling, resource-rich, northern powerhouse with universal healthcare, an abundance of moose and a refreshing lack of political chaos. Let’s consider the benefits.
Letter: Tighter is brighter
By Stan Jones Updated: 3 minutes ago Published: 5 hours ago Two ADN letter-writers have recently decried my war on wasted words. I refer them to Shakespeare’s Polonius: Brevity is the soul of wit. Which, in further pursuit of conciseness, I would rewrite thusly: Tighter is brighter. — Stan Jones, Anchorage Have something on your mind? Send to letters@adn.com or click here to submit via any web browser. Letters under 200 words have the best chance of being published.
Letter: Do we need both Wayne AND Wanda?
Letters to the Editor Why do you need Wayne *and* Wanda? They almost always agree. One would be plenty, and the column would be shorter and less annoying. — Stan Jones, Anchorage Have something on your mind? Send to letters@adn.com or click here to submit via any web browser. Letters under 200 words have the best chance of being published. Writers should disclose any personal or professional connections with the subjects of their letters. Letters are edited for accuracy, clarity and length.
Presidential perspective: History offers incisive lessons on what appeals to electorate
Wednesday, Nov. 6, arrived bright, clear, warm and dewy damp. Once again, it was morning in America. For the most part, this latest four-year political slugfest had ended and another interesting twist had occurred. So, before the political priests divine for the next round, let’s review some presidential history during our 50-state union. And maybe, just maybe, the curse of living in interesting times can be banished to just interesting times.
Letter: Pedestrian death solution?
Your recent article on pedestrian deaths failed to mention one possible solution that seems to be in evidence on Minnesota Drive between Northern Lights and Benson boulevards. There, a vertical barrier resembling a fence has been installed on the median. To all appearances, this will prevent pedestrians from attempting the midblock crossings that have been a factor in the recent state of pedestrian deaths. I haven’t seen this being tried elsewhere in town, so perhaps it’s a test.
Characters in GI Joe Oktober Guard
Main Character Index | G.I. Joes (Army, Ninjas and Martial Artists) | COBRA | Red Shadows | Phoenix Guard | Oktober Guard The Eastern Bloc's equivalent of GI-Joe, who depending on circumstances appear as either allies or opponents to the Joes. Chummy Commies: They're the GI Joes' opposite number in the Soviet Union, but all the same their still just as dedicated to destroying Cobra.
Letter: Curing gas line fever
After reading Roger Marks’ column in Sunday’s paper, I’m convinced that only the Legislature can save us from gas line fever. What’s needed is a special session to pass a bill requiring that anyone writing or uttering the phrase “North Slope gas line” in a favorable context be committed to a Home for the Bewildered until the fever passes. Once the Cuckoo Caucus is thus limited to talking to itself, the rest of us can begin a serious conversation about solving our energy problems.
(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: Steyn's Song of the Week
We are observing The Mark Steyn Club's seventh birthday. Our little club was born on May 6th 2017 - which means we are about to begin our eighth year, which is more than Boris Johnson's premiership can say. I'm thrilled by all the First Fortnight Founding Members who've stampeded to re-up for another season, and I hope our First Month members will want to do the same in the coming days.
Letter: Circular logic
By Stan Jones Updated: 1 minute ago Published: 1 minute ago People who say our starving schools shouldn’t get more money until test scores improve remind me of the famous saying attributed to Capt. Bligh just before the mutiny on the Bounty: “The beatings will continue until morale improves.” Take heed, defunders. — Stan Jones Spenard Have something on your mind? Send to letters@adn.com or click here to submit via any web browser. Letters under 200 words have the best chance of being published.
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