To the editor: There’s not a “war” going on in Ukraine. There’s a brutal ongoing attack on a tiny peaceful nation by a vast tyrannical one. That’s political aggression, not “a war.”

To the editor: MAGA, translated to reflect the current actions of the Trump administration, in alpha order. Feel free to add your own.

To the editor: If anyone is wondering how they will be personally impacted by the entirely unnecessary trade war that the current administration has decided to declare, consider this: cargo ship traffic from China has already declined substantially since February, and analysts are saying tha…

To the editor: The Bishop of Rome. Pope Francis. Papa Francesco. In Italian, the word pope is “papa.” (With an accent mark, it means “dad.”)

To the editor: Thank you, Sen. Murkowski, for pledging to protect Medicaid and Title X, the federal funding program that provides low-income Alaskans with access to birth control and basic, preventive reproductive health care like cancer screenings, wellness exams, and STI testing and treatment.

To the editor: I read a book years back about Russia’s Soviet ambassador, Anatoly Dobrynin, and his involvement during the Carter administration. Dobrynin was the Soviet ambassador from 1962 to 1986, which involved six U.S. presidents — Kennedy through Reagan.

To the editor: I watched with dismay as a majority of our Interior state senators and representatives voted against the educational interests of the Fairbanks North Star Borough schools. Most recently, they voted down a package which would have increased the Base Student Allocation (BSA). Af…

To the editor: I’ll make it brief: Detention without due process is kidnapping.

To the editor: The other day I overheard a local teen describing being ignored by her friends. Cut off cold for no reason, with no texting, Instagram, Tic Toc, Snapchat or YouTube contact coming her way. She said she felt anxious, confused and rejected.

To the editor: I would like to ask [Borough Assemblymember] Tammie Wilson just how many times she has come to the Mary Siah pool and actually joined in with the walkers and swimmers? Or the other Borough Assemblymembers who think the pool isn’t used enough” Just how many of you have even dip…