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As lawmakers, it’s past time that we took action. " class="c-image" loading="eager" src="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/4FDYBOJGWBEQNKCQ27UMBXTAXY.jpg?smart=true&auth=810cbda5ec1580d185ac00e7db08b7cb5138f45b1374e42426380172665b7eb5&width=1200&height=800" srcSet="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/4FDYBOJGWBEQNKCQ27UMBXTAXY.jpg?smart=true&auth=810cbda5ec1580d185ac00e7db08b7cb5138f45b1374e42426380172665b7eb5&width=400&height=266 400w, https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/4FDYBOJGWBEQNKCQ27UMBXTAXY.jpg?smart=true&auth=810cbda5ec1580d185ac00e7db08b7cb5138f45b1374e42426380172665b7eb5&width=1200&height=800 1200w" sizes="(min-width: 48rem) 1200px, 400px" width="1200" height="800"/></a></figure><div class="result-content-left"><h2 class="c-heading adn-promo-results__s-heading left-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/2025/04/07/opinion-alaska-has-an-education-crisis-as-lawmakers-its-past-time-that-we-took-action/">Opinion: Alaska has an education crisis. As lawmakers, it’s past time that we took action. </a></h2><p class="c-paragraph result-description sans-serif">Public schools across Alaska face a critical fiscal crisis, not due to declining enrollment but because the state has not met its constitutional responsibility to provide stable and predictable financial support for our children’s education.</p><div class="c-attribution"><span class=" author"> Löki Gale Tobin, Rebecca Himschoot and Andi Story</span><span> </span><span class="datetext">11:03 PM</span></div></div></div><div class=" adn-promo-results adn-promo-results__results-left-grid adn-promo-results--show-image adn-promo-results--top-border adn-promo-results--top-padding adn-promo-results--bottom-padding"><figure class="c-media-item"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/2025/04/07/opinion-president-trumps-executive-order-threatens-alaska-voters/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Opinion: President Trump’s executive order threatens Alaska voters" class="c-image" loading="eager" src="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/NTGLGY43GVH57P6ZLRK2VQT3GU.JPG?smart=true&auth=7a28a5dc4cbca58caf405c9e00f05df7471f14036ccfd0bec75eeb1f90140779&width=1200&height=800" srcSet="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/NTGLGY43GVH57P6ZLRK2VQT3GU.JPG?smart=true&auth=7a28a5dc4cbca58caf405c9e00f05df7471f14036ccfd0bec75eeb1f90140779&width=400&height=266 400w, https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/NTGLGY43GVH57P6ZLRK2VQT3GU.JPG?smart=true&auth=7a28a5dc4cbca58caf405c9e00f05df7471f14036ccfd0bec75eeb1f90140779&width=1200&height=800 1200w" sizes="(min-width: 48rem) 1200px, 400px" width="1200" height="800"/></a></figure><div class="result-content-left"><h2 class="c-heading adn-promo-results__s-heading left-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/2025/04/07/opinion-president-trumps-executive-order-threatens-alaska-voters/">Opinion: President Trump’s executive order threatens Alaska voters</a></h2><p class="c-paragraph result-description sans-serif">The President’s mandate would upend voter registration as we know it, outlawing the methods of registering to vote that most of us rely on. </p><div class="c-attribution"><span class=" author"> Apagruk Roy Agloinga, Emily Leak-Michie, Pamela Miller, Aubrey Wieber, Diana Rhoades, Krissa A. Huston and Ayden Nichol</span><span> </span><span class="datetext">11:03 PM</span></div></div></div><div class=" adn-promo-results adn-promo-results__results-left-grid adn-promo-results--show-image adn-promo-results--top-border adn-promo-results--top-padding adn-promo-results--bottom-padding"><figure class="c-media-item"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/national-opinions/2025/04/07/opinion-the-historically-bad-timing-of-trumps-war-on-immigrants/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Opinion: The historically bad timing of Trump’s war on immigrants" class="c-image" loading="eager" src="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/4736EZPMA5GYXCAMEZLQESHJIY.jpg?smart=true&auth=e9b1f905c55d5871d0d9f5c842c0ebcd5cbfe038df9d106d697db287f2a41208&width=1200&height=800" srcSet="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/4736EZPMA5GYXCAMEZLQESHJIY.jpg?smart=true&auth=e9b1f905c55d5871d0d9f5c842c0ebcd5cbfe038df9d106d697db287f2a41208&width=400&height=266 400w, https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/4736EZPMA5GYXCAMEZLQESHJIY.jpg?smart=true&auth=e9b1f905c55d5871d0d9f5c842c0ebcd5cbfe038df9d106d697db287f2a41208&width=1200&height=800 1200w" sizes="(min-width: 48rem) 1200px, 400px" width="1200" height="800"/></a></figure><div class="result-content-left"><h2 class="c-heading adn-promo-results__s-heading left-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/national-opinions/2025/04/07/opinion-the-historically-bad-timing-of-trumps-war-on-immigrants/">Opinion: The historically bad timing of Trump’s war on immigrants</a></h2><p class="c-paragraph result-description sans-serif">An aging United States will need more workers. Immigrants could fill that gap — if we let them.</p><div class="c-attribution"><span class=" author"> Philip Bump</span><span> </span><span class="datetext">11:02 PM</span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="adn-adwrap mob-only gutters"><div class="ad-label" style="color:#585858;margin:8px 0 4px">ADVERTISEMENT</div><div class="htlad-mobile-cube" data-unit="/ADN/adn/opinions"></div></div><div class="adn-adwrap desk-only gutters"><div class="ad-label" style="color:#585858;margin:8px 0 4px">ADVERTISEMENT</div><div class="htlad-cube" data-unit="/ADN/adn/opinions"></div></div><div class=" adn-promo-results " style="padding:10px 0;margin:10px 0"><div class="c-stack adn-promo-results__wrapper none" data-style-direction="vertical" data-style-justification="start" data-style-alignment="unset" data-style-inline="false" data-style-wrap="nowrap"><div class=" adn-promo-results adn-promo-results__results-left-grid adn-promo-results--show-image adn-promo-results--top-border adn-promo-results--top-padding adn-promo-results--bottom-padding"><figure class="c-media-item"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/national-opinions/2025/04/07/opinion-big-law-must-stop-caving-to-trumps-demands/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Opinion: Big law must stop caving to Trump’s demands" class="c-image" loading="eager" src="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/HRRW7KFSDZA2TKS4YXUGYTRI3I.jpeg?smart=true&auth=7d4e8ab1da343d3131d6806ff8c855991824446ed714a8a833a02241af23dbeb&width=1200&height=800" srcSet="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/HRRW7KFSDZA2TKS4YXUGYTRI3I.jpeg?smart=true&auth=7d4e8ab1da343d3131d6806ff8c855991824446ed714a8a833a02241af23dbeb&width=400&height=266 400w, https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/HRRW7KFSDZA2TKS4YXUGYTRI3I.jpeg?smart=true&auth=7d4e8ab1da343d3131d6806ff8c855991824446ed714a8a833a02241af23dbeb&width=1200&height=800 1200w" sizes="(min-width: 48rem) 1200px, 400px" width="1200" height="800"/></a></figure><div class="result-content-left"><h2 class="c-heading adn-promo-results__s-heading left-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/national-opinions/2025/04/07/opinion-big-law-must-stop-caving-to-trumps-demands/">Opinion: Big law must stop caving to Trump’s demands</a></h2><p class="c-paragraph result-description sans-serif">Rule of law cannot function without smart, tough lawyers.</p><div class="c-attribution"><span class=" author"> Steven Brill</span><span> </span><span class="datetext">11:02 PM</span></div></div></div><div class=" adn-promo-results adn-promo-results__results-left-grid adn-promo-results--show-image adn-promo-results--top-border adn-promo-results--top-padding adn-promo-results--bottom-padding"><figure class="c-media-item"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/national-opinions/2025/04/07/opinion-the-good-news-about-trumps-tariffs/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Opinion: The good news about Trump’s tariffs" class="c-image" loading="eager" src="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/7AHHJYZG2E25SGNME3Q6YGIPY4.jpg?smart=true&auth=da5c7b2b0029969c3e46c4f184b475782d124a4def0aac6b7c477170234ec60c&width=1200&height=800" srcSet="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/7AHHJYZG2E25SGNME3Q6YGIPY4.jpg?smart=true&auth=da5c7b2b0029969c3e46c4f184b475782d124a4def0aac6b7c477170234ec60c&width=400&height=266 400w, https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/7AHHJYZG2E25SGNME3Q6YGIPY4.jpg?smart=true&auth=da5c7b2b0029969c3e46c4f184b475782d124a4def0aac6b7c477170234ec60c&width=1200&height=800 1200w" sizes="(min-width: 48rem) 1200px, 400px" width="1200" height="800"/></a></figure><div class="result-content-left"><h2 class="c-heading adn-promo-results__s-heading left-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/national-opinions/2025/04/07/opinion-the-good-news-about-trumps-tariffs/">Opinion: The good news about Trump’s tariffs</a></h2><p class="c-paragraph result-description sans-serif">Authoritarian leaders are most dangerous when they’re popular. Wrecking the economy is unlikely to broaden Trump’s support. </p><div class="c-attribution"><span class=" author"> Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic Online</span><span> </span><span class="datetext">8:00 AM</span></div></div></div><div class=" adn-promo-results adn-promo-results__results-left-grid adn-promo-results--show-image adn-promo-results--top-border adn-promo-results--top-padding adn-promo-results--bottom-padding"><figure class="c-media-item"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/2025/04/06/opinion-what-national-scenic-trail-status-would-mean-for-the-alaska-long-trail/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Opinion: What National Scenic Trail status would mean for the Alaska Long Trail " class="c-image" loading="eager" src="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/NSWO5DGEAVE4PFGRTODR7IRHQI.JPG?smart=true&auth=89b7435f129c2d1049d33a1f55bebefe8a96f864c3106fc18f530d54339b3caa&width=1200&height=800" srcSet="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/NSWO5DGEAVE4PFGRTODR7IRHQI.JPG?smart=true&auth=89b7435f129c2d1049d33a1f55bebefe8a96f864c3106fc18f530d54339b3caa&width=400&height=266 400w, https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/NSWO5DGEAVE4PFGRTODR7IRHQI.JPG?smart=true&auth=89b7435f129c2d1049d33a1f55bebefe8a96f864c3106fc18f530d54339b3caa&width=1200&height=800 1200w" sizes="(min-width: 48rem) 1200px, 400px" width="1200" height="800"/></a></figure><div class="result-content-left"><h2 class="c-heading adn-promo-results__s-heading left-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/2025/04/06/opinion-what-national-scenic-trail-status-would-mean-for-the-alaska-long-trail/">Opinion: What National Scenic Trail status would mean for the Alaska Long Trail </a></h2><p class="c-paragraph result-description sans-serif">National trails are eligible for annual federal funding for maintenance, trail crews, signage, and search and rescue operations.</p><div class="c-attribution"><span class=" author"> Mariyam Medovaya</span><span> </span><span class="datetext">April 7, 2025</span></div></div></div><div class=" adn-promo-results adn-promo-results__results-left-grid adn-promo-results--show-image adn-promo-results--top-border adn-promo-results--top-padding adn-promo-results--bottom-padding"><figure class="c-media-item"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/letters/2025/04/06/letter-time-to-go-to-bat-for-anchorage-schools/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Letter: Time to go to bat for Anchorage schools" class="c-image" loading="eager" src="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/TML2BRXZDZEHHHWXN53CR4EOZQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=46787753bb20d73c676b342ea845d772ad2f6be21142084c0b1c9f0b82b11784&width=1200&height=800" srcSet="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/TML2BRXZDZEHHHWXN53CR4EOZQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=46787753bb20d73c676b342ea845d772ad2f6be21142084c0b1c9f0b82b11784&width=400&height=266 400w, https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/TML2BRXZDZEHHHWXN53CR4EOZQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=46787753bb20d73c676b342ea845d772ad2f6be21142084c0b1c9f0b82b11784&width=1200&height=800 1200w" sizes="(min-width: 48rem) 1200px, 400px" width="1200" height="800"/></a></figure><div class="result-content-left"><h2 class="c-heading adn-promo-results__s-heading left-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/letters/2025/04/06/letter-time-to-go-to-bat-for-anchorage-schools/">Letter: Time to go to bat for Anchorage schools</a></h2><div class="c-attribution"><span class=" author"> John Christensen</span><span> </span><span class="datetext">April 7, 2025</span></div></div></div><div class=" adn-promo-results adn-promo-results__results-left-grid adn-promo-results--show-image adn-promo-results--top-border adn-promo-results--top-padding adn-promo-results--bottom-padding"><figure class="c-media-item"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/letters/2025/04/05/letter-a-question-for-sullivan/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Letter: A question for Sullivan" class="c-image" loading="eager" src="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/TXMY6IWYV4QMW6FL2WZITB6T5Q.jpg?smart=true&auth=0bbc30c008f173a609ebbc2fdebf61a798211dba6cba4b8d497dc964b045d6d9&width=1200&height=800" srcSet="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/TXMY6IWYV4QMW6FL2WZITB6T5Q.jpg?smart=true&auth=0bbc30c008f173a609ebbc2fdebf61a798211dba6cba4b8d497dc964b045d6d9&width=400&height=266 400w, https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/TXMY6IWYV4QMW6FL2WZITB6T5Q.jpg?smart=true&auth=0bbc30c008f173a609ebbc2fdebf61a798211dba6cba4b8d497dc964b045d6d9&width=1200&height=800 1200w" sizes="(min-width: 48rem) 1200px, 400px" width="1200" height="800"/></a></figure><div class="result-content-left"><h2 class="c-heading adn-promo-results__s-heading left-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/letters/2025/04/05/letter-a-question-for-sullivan/">Letter: A question for Sullivan</a></h2><div class="c-attribution"><span class=" author"> Rick Sinnott</span><span> </span><span class="datetext">April 6, 2025</span></div></div></div><div class=" adn-promo-results adn-promo-results__results-left-grid adn-promo-results--show-image adn-promo-results--top-border adn-promo-results--top-padding adn-promo-results--bottom-padding"><figure class="c-media-item"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/letters/2025/04/05/letter-liberation-day/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Letter: ‘Liberation day’" class="c-image" loading="eager" src="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/MYNDROTK3YYJKRZPB3BXLA7PIE.jpg?smart=true&auth=ce7c9c807cd33e50b2d7939cfc69761bbcbc69001a932a7dce3cb777e8d6682c&width=1200&height=800" srcSet="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/MYNDROTK3YYJKRZPB3BXLA7PIE.jpg?smart=true&auth=ce7c9c807cd33e50b2d7939cfc69761bbcbc69001a932a7dce3cb777e8d6682c&width=400&height=266 400w, https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/MYNDROTK3YYJKRZPB3BXLA7PIE.jpg?smart=true&auth=ce7c9c807cd33e50b2d7939cfc69761bbcbc69001a932a7dce3cb777e8d6682c&width=1200&height=800 1200w" sizes="(min-width: 48rem) 1200px, 400px" width="1200" height="800"/></a></figure><div class="result-content-left"><h2 class="c-heading adn-promo-results__s-heading left-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/letters/2025/04/05/letter-liberation-day/">Letter: ‘Liberation day’</a></h2><div class="c-attribution"><span class=" author"> Mark Beaudin</span><span> </span><span class="datetext">April 6, 2025</span></div></div></div><div class=" adn-promo-results adn-promo-results__results-left-grid adn-promo-results--show-image adn-promo-results--top-border adn-promo-results--top-padding adn-promo-results--bottom-padding"><figure class="c-media-item"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/letters/2025/04/05/letter-tariffs-and-the-boston-tea-party/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Letter: Tariffs and the Boston Tea Party" class="c-image" loading="eager" src="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/HPMBUBKRNW7EIGNSXOZKSY2ZAY.jpg?smart=true&auth=38db149fde67da513ccc92d88355ba6d471975a2c368a9f55571089fa3251fa9&width=1200&height=800" srcSet="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/HPMBUBKRNW7EIGNSXOZKSY2ZAY.jpg?smart=true&auth=38db149fde67da513ccc92d88355ba6d471975a2c368a9f55571089fa3251fa9&width=400&height=266 400w, https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/HPMBUBKRNW7EIGNSXOZKSY2ZAY.jpg?smart=true&auth=38db149fde67da513ccc92d88355ba6d471975a2c368a9f55571089fa3251fa9&width=1200&height=800 1200w" sizes="(min-width: 48rem) 1200px, 400px" width="1200" height="800"/></a></figure><div class="result-content-left"><h2 class="c-heading adn-promo-results__s-heading left-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/letters/2025/04/05/letter-tariffs-and-the-boston-tea-party/">Letter: Tariffs and the Boston Tea Party</a></h2><div class="c-attribution"><span class=" author"> Lynn Willis</span><span> </span><span class="datetext">April 6, 2025</span></div></div></div><div class=" adn-promo-results adn-promo-results__results-left-grid adn-promo-results--show-image adn-promo-results--top-border adn-promo-results--top-padding adn-promo-results--bottom-padding"><figure class="c-media-item"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/letters/2025/04/05/letter-tariffs-and-alaska-seafood/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Letter: Tariffs and Alaska seafood" class="c-image" loading="eager" src="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/I47HENZZQFCQZCCQIOVW65MSIM.jpg?smart=true&auth=6123432f7a64c96c68b7e6f575a9bbe3939c588cd8d609ca6645579815084fe3&width=1200&height=800" srcSet="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/I47HENZZQFCQZCCQIOVW65MSIM.jpg?smart=true&auth=6123432f7a64c96c68b7e6f575a9bbe3939c588cd8d609ca6645579815084fe3&width=400&height=266 400w, https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/I47HENZZQFCQZCCQIOVW65MSIM.jpg?smart=true&auth=6123432f7a64c96c68b7e6f575a9bbe3939c588cd8d609ca6645579815084fe3&width=1200&height=800 1200w" sizes="(min-width: 48rem) 1200px, 400px" width="1200" height="800"/></a></figure><div class="result-content-left"><h2 class="c-heading adn-promo-results__s-heading left-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/letters/2025/04/05/letter-tariffs-and-alaska-seafood/">Letter: Tariffs and Alaska seafood</a></h2><div class="c-attribution"><span class=" author"> Jon Sharpe</span><span> </span><span class="datetext">April 6, 2025</span></div></div></div><div class=" adn-promo-results adn-promo-results__results-left-grid adn-promo-results--show-image adn-promo-results--top-border adn-promo-results--top-padding adn-promo-results--bottom-padding"><figure class="c-media-item"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/2025/04/05/opinion-rural-alaska-needs-jobs-and-southeast-timber-is-a-sustainable-renewable-industry/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Opinion: Rural Alaska needs jobs — and Southeast timber is a sustainable, renewable industry" class="c-image" loading="eager" src="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/GUUGMLSWXFGPTKIA5B6JZACD44.jpeg?smart=true&auth=c1058e5b8b2e80bdc7b1d3c3d6c69f5388e18368b1c78f1e6f3982454acdcc6b&width=1200&height=800" srcSet="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/GUUGMLSWXFGPTKIA5B6JZACD44.jpeg?smart=true&auth=c1058e5b8b2e80bdc7b1d3c3d6c69f5388e18368b1c78f1e6f3982454acdcc6b&width=400&height=266 400w, https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/GUUGMLSWXFGPTKIA5B6JZACD44.jpeg?smart=true&auth=c1058e5b8b2e80bdc7b1d3c3d6c69f5388e18368b1c78f1e6f3982454acdcc6b&width=1200&height=800 1200w" sizes="(min-width: 48rem) 1200px, 400px" width="1200" height="800"/></a></figure><div class="result-content-left"><h2 class="c-heading adn-promo-results__s-heading left-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/2025/04/05/opinion-rural-alaska-needs-jobs-and-southeast-timber-is-a-sustainable-renewable-industry/">Opinion: Rural Alaska needs jobs — and Southeast timber is a sustainable, renewable industry</a></h2><p class="c-paragraph result-description sans-serif">Our family sawmill helps create long-life wood products while providing year-round employment in an area with limited job opportunities.</p><div class="c-attribution"><span class=" author"> Sarah Dahlstrom-Lehnert</span><span> </span><span class="datetext">April 6, 2025</span></div></div></div><div class=" adn-promo-results adn-promo-results__results-left-grid adn-promo-results--show-image adn-promo-results--top-border adn-promo-results--top-padding adn-promo-results--bottom-padding"><figure class="c-media-item"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/2025/04/05/opinion-libraries-belong-to-all-of-us-not-just-the-loudest-voices/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Opinion: Libraries belong to all of us — not just the loudest voices" class="c-image" loading="eager" src="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/L6O2QW3TNBCPBBKXLG5FTI2GA4.jpg?smart=true&auth=0ab88f9eadac6ae02983ab1e8a28c5ffcca658c54c2e2412c2dbd6efbb05ab45&width=1200&height=800" srcSet="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/L6O2QW3TNBCPBBKXLG5FTI2GA4.jpg?smart=true&auth=0ab88f9eadac6ae02983ab1e8a28c5ffcca658c54c2e2412c2dbd6efbb05ab45&width=400&height=266 400w, https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/L6O2QW3TNBCPBBKXLG5FTI2GA4.jpg?smart=true&auth=0ab88f9eadac6ae02983ab1e8a28c5ffcca658c54c2e2412c2dbd6efbb05ab45&width=1200&height=800 1200w" sizes="(min-width: 48rem) 1200px, 400px" width="1200" height="800"/></a></figure><div class="result-content-left"><h2 class="c-heading adn-promo-results__s-heading left-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/2025/04/05/opinion-libraries-belong-to-all-of-us-not-just-the-loudest-voices/">Opinion: Libraries belong to all of us — not just the loudest voices</a></h2><p class="c-paragraph result-description sans-serif">Perhaps the greatest contribution libraries have made to American society is that all of their services are available for free to all citizens without prejudice.</p><div class="c-attribution"><span class=" author"> Sarah Birdsall, Ann Dixon, Helen Hegener, Daniel Hoffman, David James, Lynn Lovegreen, Jeremy Pataky, Cathy Pegau, Don Rearden, Carol Sturgulewski and Jen Funk Weber</span><span> </span><span class="datetext">April 6, 2025</span></div></div></div><div class=" adn-promo-results adn-promo-results__results-left-grid adn-promo-results--show-image adn-promo-results--top-border adn-promo-results--top-padding adn-promo-results--bottom-padding"><figure class="c-media-item"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/2025/04/05/opinion-witnessing-alaskas-sham-emergency-predator-control-decision/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Opinion: Witnessing Alaska’s sham emergency predator control decision" class="c-image" loading="eager" src="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/ZFUTATHWMRHCNL4LO3L4HF7ZKM.jpg?smart=true&auth=f831d95e01ebe7fc4857e5e6daf83abff7a0e63e86feeb6e4d5275a968b2d1e1&width=1200&height=800" srcSet="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/ZFUTATHWMRHCNL4LO3L4HF7ZKM.jpg?smart=true&auth=f831d95e01ebe7fc4857e5e6daf83abff7a0e63e86feeb6e4d5275a968b2d1e1&width=400&height=266 400w, https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/ZFUTATHWMRHCNL4LO3L4HF7ZKM.jpg?smart=true&auth=f831d95e01ebe7fc4857e5e6daf83abff7a0e63e86feeb6e4d5275a968b2d1e1&width=1200&height=800 1200w" sizes="(min-width: 48rem) 1200px, 400px" width="1200" height="800"/></a></figure><div class="result-content-left"><h2 class="c-heading adn-promo-results__s-heading left-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/2025/04/05/opinion-witnessing-alaskas-sham-emergency-predator-control-decision/">Opinion: Witnessing Alaska’s sham emergency predator control decision</a></h2><p class="c-paragraph result-description sans-serif">It turns out that what’s real “on the ground” — out in the wilds of Southwest Alaska where bears and wolves and members of the Mulchatna Caribou Herd live their lives — doesn’t matter to either the Alaska Department of Fish and Game or the Board of Game.</p><div class="c-attribution"><span class=" author"> Bill Sherwonit</span><span> </span><span class="datetext">April 6, 2025</span></div></div></div><div class=" adn-promo-results adn-promo-results__results-left-grid adn-promo-results--show-image adn-promo-results--top-border adn-promo-results--top-padding adn-promo-results--bottom-padding"><figure class="c-media-item"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/national-opinions/2025/04/04/opinion-political-fear-stalks-law-education-journalism-migration/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Opinion: Political fear stalks law, education, journalism, migration" class="c-image" loading="eager" src="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/A7WW63FSVJANTCFXPZJNMX4PHI.jpeg?smart=true&auth=59debbf60924dc04f39d56cbde3de362dbf1956991f58ac09ba5880dbff26bcd&width=1200&height=800" srcSet="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/A7WW63FSVJANTCFXPZJNMX4PHI.jpeg?smart=true&auth=59debbf60924dc04f39d56cbde3de362dbf1956991f58ac09ba5880dbff26bcd&width=400&height=266 400w, https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/A7WW63FSVJANTCFXPZJNMX4PHI.jpeg?smart=true&auth=59debbf60924dc04f39d56cbde3de362dbf1956991f58ac09ba5880dbff26bcd&width=1200&height=800 1200w" sizes="(min-width: 48rem) 1200px, 400px" width="1200" height="800"/></a></figure><div class="result-content-left"><h2 class="c-heading adn-promo-results__s-heading left-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/national-opinions/2025/04/04/opinion-political-fear-stalks-law-education-journalism-migration/">Opinion: Political fear stalks law, education, journalism, migration</a></h2><p class="c-paragraph result-description sans-serif">Something new has entered American consciousness: fear of the state.</p><div class="c-attribution"><span class=" author"> Llewellyn King</span><span> </span><span class="datetext">April 4, 2025</span></div></div></div><div class=" adn-promo-results adn-promo-results__results-left-grid adn-promo-results--show-image adn-promo-results--top-border adn-promo-results--top-padding adn-promo-results--bottom-padding"><figure class="c-media-item"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/letters/2025/04/04/letter-a-great-nation-is-collapsing/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Letter: A great nation is collapsing" class="c-image" loading="eager" src="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/AECB4ZAXA5DQLCU4MRJPI5PK7M.jpg?smart=true&auth=363d0eab941289fca8231c125917f00dc953c333375c5dbb6d4351c5c116b997&width=1200&height=800" srcSet="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/AECB4ZAXA5DQLCU4MRJPI5PK7M.jpg?smart=true&auth=363d0eab941289fca8231c125917f00dc953c333375c5dbb6d4351c5c116b997&width=400&height=266 400w, https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/AECB4ZAXA5DQLCU4MRJPI5PK7M.jpg?smart=true&auth=363d0eab941289fca8231c125917f00dc953c333375c5dbb6d4351c5c116b997&width=1200&height=800 1200w" sizes="(min-width: 48rem) 1200px, 400px" width="1200" height="800"/></a></figure><div class="result-content-left"><h2 class="c-heading adn-promo-results__s-heading left-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/letters/2025/04/04/letter-a-great-nation-is-collapsing/">Letter: A great nation is collapsing</a></h2><div class="c-attribution"><span class=" author"> Ben Hunnicutt</span><span> </span><span class="datetext">April 4, 2025</span></div></div></div><div class=" adn-promo-results adn-promo-results__results-left-grid adn-promo-results--show-image adn-promo-results--top-border adn-promo-results--top-padding adn-promo-results--bottom-padding"><figure class="c-media-item"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/national-opinions/2025/04/04/opinion-want-bananas-coffee-chocolate-hello-import-tax/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Opinion: Want bananas, coffee, chocolate? Hello, import tax!" class="c-image" loading="eager" src="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/4MSC5APSBZEUXHXTZDUGVQUKEQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=cc5a075824e413e8375a28a267cd9dc69ae37c7a851375c7d64fc51d048dce9d&width=1200&height=800" srcSet="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/4MSC5APSBZEUXHXTZDUGVQUKEQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=cc5a075824e413e8375a28a267cd9dc69ae37c7a851375c7d64fc51d048dce9d&width=400&height=266 400w, https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/4MSC5APSBZEUXHXTZDUGVQUKEQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=cc5a075824e413e8375a28a267cd9dc69ae37c7a851375c7d64fc51d048dce9d&width=1200&height=800 1200w" sizes="(min-width: 48rem) 1200px, 400px" width="1200" height="800"/></a></figure><div class="result-content-left"><h2 class="c-heading adn-promo-results__s-heading left-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/national-opinions/2025/04/04/opinion-want-bananas-coffee-chocolate-hello-import-tax/">Opinion: Want bananas, coffee, chocolate? Hello, import tax!</a></h2><p class="c-paragraph result-description sans-serif">Trump’s tariffs won’t reverse the US farming deficit, but food inflation will rise and American farmers will suffer.</p><div class="c-attribution"><span class=" author"> Javier Blas</span><span> </span><span class="datetext">April 4, 2025</span></div></div></div><div class=" adn-promo-results adn-promo-results__results-left-grid adn-promo-results--show-image adn-promo-results--top-border adn-promo-results--top-padding adn-promo-results--bottom-padding"><figure class="c-media-item"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/2025/04/04/opinion-is-it-time-to-impeach-elon-musk/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Opinion: Is it time to impeach Elon Musk?" class="c-image" loading="eager" src="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/M2SXLOBC5KEHPEFO7PEMUX4PHY.jpg?smart=true&auth=bc6e2fa65a605411aaa768b8d97c8f7b677038fee67a25eb7c01b495ceab557d&width=1200&height=800" srcSet="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/M2SXLOBC5KEHPEFO7PEMUX4PHY.jpg?smart=true&auth=bc6e2fa65a605411aaa768b8d97c8f7b677038fee67a25eb7c01b495ceab557d&width=400&height=266 400w, https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/M2SXLOBC5KEHPEFO7PEMUX4PHY.jpg?smart=true&auth=bc6e2fa65a605411aaa768b8d97c8f7b677038fee67a25eb7c01b495ceab557d&width=1200&height=800 1200w" sizes="(min-width: 48rem) 1200px, 400px" width="1200" height="800"/></a></figure><div class="result-content-left"><h2 class="c-heading adn-promo-results__s-heading left-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/2025/04/04/opinion-is-it-time-to-impeach-elon-musk/">Opinion: Is it time to impeach Elon Musk?</a></h2><p class="c-paragraph result-description sans-serif">Ultimately, Congress may not render judgment, but history most assuredly will.</p><div class="c-attribution"><span class=" author"> Bruce Botelho</span><span> </span><span class="datetext">April 4, 2025</span></div></div></div><div class=" adn-promo-results adn-promo-results__results-left-grid adn-promo-results--show-image adn-promo-results--top-border adn-promo-results--top-padding adn-promo-results--bottom-padding"><figure class="c-media-item"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/2025/04/04/opinion-the-price-we-pay/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Opinion: The price we pay" class="c-image" loading="eager" src="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/WCLEZH43U5AO3PV7OUJERN5WL4.jpg?smart=true&auth=9f599ef94e81896002be6c4d2217df260353bf7cd1f70393b0de079bd57e1ace&width=1200&height=800" srcSet="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/WCLEZH43U5AO3PV7OUJERN5WL4.jpg?smart=true&auth=9f599ef94e81896002be6c4d2217df260353bf7cd1f70393b0de079bd57e1ace&width=400&height=266 400w, https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/WCLEZH43U5AO3PV7OUJERN5WL4.jpg?smart=true&auth=9f599ef94e81896002be6c4d2217df260353bf7cd1f70393b0de079bd57e1ace&width=1200&height=800 1200w" sizes="(min-width: 48rem) 1200px, 400px" width="1200" height="800"/></a></figure><div class="result-content-left"><h2 class="c-heading adn-promo-results__s-heading left-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/2025/04/04/opinion-the-price-we-pay/">Opinion: The price we pay</a></h2><p class="c-paragraph result-description sans-serif">Eventually his special chair will become a reminder of many years of friendship, and my morning walks will no longer feel lonely. Eventually. But not today.</p><div class="c-attribution"><span class=" author"> Kenneth Ryan</span><span> </span><span class="datetext">April 4, 2025</span></div></div></div><div class=" adn-promo-results adn-promo-results__results-left-grid adn-promo-results--show-image adn-promo-results--top-border adn-promo-results--top-padding adn-promo-results--bottom-padding"><figure class="c-media-item"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/2025/04/04/opinion-shortsighted-unrealistic-and-politically-popular-why-alaskas-fiscal-problem-is-so-hard-to-fix/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Opinion: Shortsighted, unrealistic and politically popular — why Alaska’s fiscal problem is so hard to fix" class="c-image" loading="eager" src="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/2LFCVT64ONBMHI2C6YYQ4ING5M.jpg?smart=true&auth=d54d170cf931d3627f76d7f0087518694a7aa8f2c72b13a12e298d58ac94129a&width=1200&height=800" srcSet="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/2LFCVT64ONBMHI2C6YYQ4ING5M.jpg?smart=true&auth=d54d170cf931d3627f76d7f0087518694a7aa8f2c72b13a12e298d58ac94129a&width=400&height=266 400w, https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/2LFCVT64ONBMHI2C6YYQ4ING5M.jpg?smart=true&auth=d54d170cf931d3627f76d7f0087518694a7aa8f2c72b13a12e298d58ac94129a&width=1200&height=800 1200w" sizes="(min-width: 48rem) 1200px, 400px" width="1200" height="800"/></a></figure><div class="result-content-left"><h2 class="c-heading adn-promo-results__s-heading left-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/2025/04/04/opinion-shortsighted-unrealistic-and-politically-popular-why-alaskas-fiscal-problem-is-so-hard-to-fix/">Opinion: Shortsighted, unrealistic and politically popular — why Alaska’s fiscal problem is so hard to fix</a></h2><p class="c-paragraph result-description sans-serif"> Alaska needs a permanent foundation for its fiscal house, built with business and personal taxes and hard spending decisions. </p><div class="c-attribution"><span class=" author"> Larry Persily</span><span> </span><span class="datetext">April 4, 2025</span></div></div></div><div class=" adn-promo-results adn-promo-results__results-left-grid adn-promo-results--show-image adn-promo-results--top-border adn-promo-results--top-padding adn-promo-results--bottom-padding"><figure class="c-media-item"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/2025/04/04/opinion-its-time-to-get-real-about-the-future-of-alaskas-economy/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Opinion: It’s time to get real about the future of Alaska’s economy" class="c-image" loading="eager" src="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/4X3KTCBNSVEJHHR6463TSYK63A.jpg?smart=true&auth=781db589f7810e7ed386bde4eeed41a389dc0cbbf72e358c2b789308b836becf&width=1200&height=800" srcSet="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/4X3KTCBNSVEJHHR6463TSYK63A.jpg?smart=true&auth=781db589f7810e7ed386bde4eeed41a389dc0cbbf72e358c2b789308b836becf&width=400&height=266 400w, https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/4X3KTCBNSVEJHHR6463TSYK63A.jpg?smart=true&auth=781db589f7810e7ed386bde4eeed41a389dc0cbbf72e358c2b789308b836becf&width=1200&height=800 1200w" sizes="(min-width: 48rem) 1200px, 400px" width="1200" height="800"/></a></figure><div class="result-content-left"><h2 class="c-heading adn-promo-results__s-heading left-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/2025/04/04/opinion-its-time-to-get-real-about-the-future-of-alaskas-economy/">Opinion: It’s time to get real about the future of Alaska’s economy</a></h2><p class="c-paragraph result-description sans-serif">Even if new ideas can provide a limited contribution, they will be welcome, but they will not replace the solid basis that our resource production industries represent, which ultimately drives our service industries.</p><div class="c-attribution"><span class=" author"> Paul Fuhs</span><span> </span><span class="datetext">April 4, 2025</span></div></div></div><div class=" adn-promo-results adn-promo-results__results-left-grid adn-promo-results--show-image adn-promo-results--top-border adn-promo-results--top-padding adn-promo-results--bottom-padding"><figure class="c-media-item"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/national-opinions/2025/04/03/opinion-what-will-trumps-tariffs-liberate-us-from/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Opinion: What will Trump’s tariffs ‘liberate’ us from?" class="c-image" loading="eager" src="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/WVXGA7U55RAPDKMUE4J2B3MAZU.jpeg?smart=true&auth=314bc86ffa29a64c1ec7d143bae03ef8370e67d8029c9ca44e10e4c0e80d224f&width=1200&height=800" srcSet="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/WVXGA7U55RAPDKMUE4J2B3MAZU.jpeg?smart=true&auth=314bc86ffa29a64c1ec7d143bae03ef8370e67d8029c9ca44e10e4c0e80d224f&width=400&height=266 400w, https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/WVXGA7U55RAPDKMUE4J2B3MAZU.jpeg?smart=true&auth=314bc86ffa29a64c1ec7d143bae03ef8370e67d8029c9ca44e10e4c0e80d224f&width=1200&height=800 1200w" sizes="(min-width: 48rem) 1200px, 400px" width="1200" height="800"/></a></figure><div class="result-content-left"><h2 class="c-heading adn-promo-results__s-heading left-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/national-opinions/2025/04/03/opinion-what-will-trumps-tariffs-liberate-us-from/">Opinion: What will Trump’s tariffs ‘liberate’ us from?</a></h2><p class="c-paragraph result-description sans-serif">During the years of our supposed economic captivity, the American economy became the “envy of the world.” That’s what Trump seems bent on liberating us from.</p><div class="c-attribution"><span class=" author"> Jonah Goldberg</span><span> </span><span class="datetext">April 3, 2025</span></div></div></div><div class=" adn-promo-results adn-promo-results__results-left-grid adn-promo-results--show-image adn-promo-results--top-border adn-promo-results--top-padding adn-promo-results--bottom-padding"><figure class="c-media-item"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/national-opinions/2025/04/03/opinion-yes-america-absolutely-should-annex-greenland-and-canada-heres-why/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Opinion: Yes, America absolutely should annex Greenland and Canada. Here’s why." class="c-image" loading="eager" src="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/4OVIJDPPCRBM3DPJSQBJ3QGJZI.jpeg?smart=true&auth=68bbbe45efc6b782b741f41246b87d09daafd485c17d9478154465b346c80c2d&width=1200&height=800" srcSet="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/4OVIJDPPCRBM3DPJSQBJ3QGJZI.jpeg?smart=true&auth=68bbbe45efc6b782b741f41246b87d09daafd485c17d9478154465b346c80c2d&width=400&height=266 400w, https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/4OVIJDPPCRBM3DPJSQBJ3QGJZI.jpeg?smart=true&auth=68bbbe45efc6b782b741f41246b87d09daafd485c17d9478154465b346c80c2d&width=1200&height=800 1200w" sizes="(min-width: 48rem) 1200px, 400px" width="1200" height="800"/></a></figure><div class="result-content-left"><h2 class="c-heading adn-promo-results__s-heading left-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/national-opinions/2025/04/03/opinion-yes-america-absolutely-should-annex-greenland-and-canada-heres-why/">Opinion: Yes, America absolutely should annex Greenland and Canada. Here’s why.</a></h2><p class="c-paragraph result-description sans-serif">Greenland and Canada have much better social policies, and fewer crackpot politicians, than the U.S. Maybe they know something we don’t know. </p><div class="c-attribution"><span class=" author"> Michael Hiltzik</span><span> </span><span class="datetext">April 3, 2025</span></div></div></div><div class=" adn-promo-results adn-promo-results__results-left-grid adn-promo-results--show-image adn-promo-results--top-border adn-promo-results--top-padding adn-promo-results--bottom-padding"><figure class="c-media-item"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/2025/04/02/opinion-alaska-can-increase-its-food-security-without-an-agriculture-department/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Opinion: Alaska can increase its food security without an agriculture department" class="c-image" loading="eager" src="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/6LY3NILLFJDHTMIYHVF2ZBUV4Y?smart=true&auth=04d828c7f87643760edac89f929cec1ff419e8592df2ca0836216ac088be3a31&width=1200&height=800" srcSet="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/6LY3NILLFJDHTMIYHVF2ZBUV4Y?smart=true&auth=04d828c7f87643760edac89f929cec1ff419e8592df2ca0836216ac088be3a31&width=400&height=266 400w, https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/6LY3NILLFJDHTMIYHVF2ZBUV4Y?smart=true&auth=04d828c7f87643760edac89f929cec1ff419e8592df2ca0836216ac088be3a31&width=1200&height=800 1200w" sizes="(min-width: 48rem) 1200px, 400px" width="1200" height="800"/></a></figure><div class="result-content-left"><h2 class="c-heading adn-promo-results__s-heading left-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/2025/04/02/opinion-alaska-can-increase-its-food-security-without-an-agriculture-department/">Opinion: Alaska can increase its food security without an agriculture department</a></h2><p class="c-paragraph result-description sans-serif">The goal should be to craft a plan to increase agriculture on a statewide basis to submit to the next legislative session.</p><div class="c-attribution"><span class=" author"> Rodger Painter</span><span> </span><span class="datetext">April 3, 2025</span></div></div></div><div class=" adn-promo-results adn-promo-results__results-left-grid adn-promo-results--show-image adn-promo-results--top-border adn-promo-results--top-padding adn-promo-results--bottom-padding"><figure class="c-media-item"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/letters/2025/04/02/letter-alaska-education-funding-has-not-kept-up-with-inflation-were-failing-our-future-workforce/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Letter: Alaska education funding has not kept up with inflation. We’re failing our future workforce. " class="c-image" loading="eager" src="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/VP7XAAD2CFDI5C2KZT4WGOAIIE.JPG?smart=true&auth=c1ded2b1f642ffb2d0156827a103d146bcd2891c14bd08779daf538414e504d5&width=1200&height=800" srcSet="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/VP7XAAD2CFDI5C2KZT4WGOAIIE.JPG?smart=true&auth=c1ded2b1f642ffb2d0156827a103d146bcd2891c14bd08779daf538414e504d5&width=400&height=266 400w, https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/VP7XAAD2CFDI5C2KZT4WGOAIIE.JPG?smart=true&auth=c1ded2b1f642ffb2d0156827a103d146bcd2891c14bd08779daf538414e504d5&width=1200&height=800 1200w" sizes="(min-width: 48rem) 1200px, 400px" width="1200" height="800"/></a></figure><div class="result-content-left"><h2 class="c-heading adn-promo-results__s-heading left-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/letters/2025/04/02/letter-alaska-education-funding-has-not-kept-up-with-inflation-were-failing-our-future-workforce/">Letter: Alaska education funding has not kept up with inflation. We’re failing our future workforce. </a></h2><p class="c-paragraph result-description sans-serif">It’s a fact that the Base Student Allocation (BSA), the foundation of our funding formula, has not been meaningfully increased since 2012. </p><div class="c-attribution"><span class=" author"> Dan Ortiz</span><span> </span><span class="datetext">April 3, 2025</span></div></div></div><div class=" adn-promo-results adn-promo-results__results-left-grid adn-promo-results--show-image adn-promo-results--top-border adn-promo-results--top-padding adn-promo-results--bottom-padding"><figure class="c-media-item"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/letters/2025/04/02/letter-whatever-happened-to-the-rule-of-law/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Letter: Whatever happened to the rule of law?" class="c-image" loading="eager" src="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/LO24M5J5O7SVMI3XVR7J47BEVI.jpg?smart=true&auth=e06e24b38754d22462a04a6c01ffd18bbc1d771612d6a9abef0c11dd09964339&width=1200&height=800" srcSet="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/LO24M5J5O7SVMI3XVR7J47BEVI.jpg?smart=true&auth=e06e24b38754d22462a04a6c01ffd18bbc1d771612d6a9abef0c11dd09964339&width=400&height=266 400w, https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/LO24M5J5O7SVMI3XVR7J47BEVI.jpg?smart=true&auth=e06e24b38754d22462a04a6c01ffd18bbc1d771612d6a9abef0c11dd09964339&width=1200&height=800 1200w" sizes="(min-width: 48rem) 1200px, 400px" width="1200" height="800"/></a></figure><div class="result-content-left"><h2 class="c-heading adn-promo-results__s-heading left-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/letters/2025/04/02/letter-whatever-happened-to-the-rule-of-law/">Letter: Whatever happened to the rule of law?</a></h2><div class="c-attribution"><span class=" author"> Dennis Gall</span><span> </span><span class="datetext">April 3, 2025</span></div></div></div><div class=" adn-promo-results adn-promo-results__results-left-grid adn-promo-results--show-image adn-promo-results--top-border adn-promo-results--top-padding adn-promo-results--bottom-padding"><figure class="c-media-item"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/letters/2025/04/02/letter-using-military-as-props/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Letter: Using military as props" class="c-image" loading="eager" src="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/CEPD4UJUWQDSYGCE55QGLBY43E.jpg?smart=true&auth=3e71d287fcfa2ff48722e1fd4cb76fd5e2fb6b328b22e8eea4606e6264ed27c1&width=1200&height=800" srcSet="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/CEPD4UJUWQDSYGCE55QGLBY43E.jpg?smart=true&auth=3e71d287fcfa2ff48722e1fd4cb76fd5e2fb6b328b22e8eea4606e6264ed27c1&width=400&height=266 400w, https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/CEPD4UJUWQDSYGCE55QGLBY43E.jpg?smart=true&auth=3e71d287fcfa2ff48722e1fd4cb76fd5e2fb6b328b22e8eea4606e6264ed27c1&width=1200&height=800 1200w" sizes="(min-width: 48rem) 1200px, 400px" width="1200" height="800"/></a></figure><div class="result-content-left"><h2 class="c-heading adn-promo-results__s-heading left-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/letters/2025/04/02/letter-using-military-as-props/">Letter: Using military as props</a></h2><div class="c-attribution"><span class=" author"> Michael L. Mott</span><span> </span><span class="datetext">April 3, 2025</span></div></div></div><div class=" adn-promo-results adn-promo-results__results-left-grid adn-promo-results--show-image adn-promo-results--top-border adn-promo-results--top-padding adn-promo-results--bottom-padding"><figure class="c-media-item"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/letters/2025/04/01/letter-virtues-not-vitriol/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Letter: Virtues not vitriol" class="c-image" loading="eager" src="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/DBN36E3PPQ5WZRPNIPPSOJKVAU.jpg?smart=true&auth=ea61c6afc594e1cfbdd36950dc642ab3c43aff2299f7d2f8f9dd4358f7c84ad4&width=1200&height=800" srcSet="https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/DBN36E3PPQ5WZRPNIPPSOJKVAU.jpg?smart=true&auth=ea61c6afc594e1cfbdd36950dc642ab3c43aff2299f7d2f8f9dd4358f7c84ad4&width=400&height=266 400w, https://www.adn.com/resizer/v2/DBN36E3PPQ5WZRPNIPPSOJKVAU.jpg?smart=true&auth=ea61c6afc594e1cfbdd36950dc642ab3c43aff2299f7d2f8f9dd4358f7c84ad4&width=1200&height=800 1200w" sizes="(min-width: 48rem) 1200px, 400px" width="1200" height="800"/></a></figure><div class="result-content-left"><h2 class="c-heading adn-promo-results__s-heading left-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/letters/2025/04/01/letter-virtues-not-vitriol/">Letter: Virtues not vitriol</a></h2><div class="c-attribution"><span class=" author"> Nathan Carr</span><span> </span><span class="datetext">April 2, 2025</span></div></div></div><div class=" adn-promo-results adn-promo-results__results-left-grid adn-promo-results--show-image adn-promo-results--top-border adn-promo-results--top-padding adn-promo-results--bottom-padding"><figure class="c-media-item"><a class="c-link" href="/opinions/letters/2025/04/01/letter-dismantled-from-within/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Letter: 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