Donald Craig Mitchell

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Donald Craig Mitchell is an Anchorage attorney, author of the two books on the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and "Wampum: How Indian Tribes, the Mafia, and an Inattentive Congress Invented Indian Gaming and Created a $28 Billion Gambling Empire."

Opinion: Seniority in Congress matters. So like it or not, MAGA Republicans need to vote for Lisa.

Sen. Murkowski is now the third most senior Republican member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and when Kentucky Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell retires at the end of 2026, she will be the second most senior Republican member.

Donald Craig Mitchell January 31, 2025

OPINION: Alaska Republicans and Democrats both have ranked choice voting backward

History shows us that in most cases, the system will benefit Alaska Republicans in statewide races.

Donald Craig Mitchell July 6, 2024

OPINION: What is the Anchorage Museum thinking?

This is a reverse application of the iniquitous “one drop” rule that legislatures in Southern states enacted during the Jim Crow era.

Donald Craig Mitchell January 13, 2024
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OPINION: Hard truths about Anchorage homelessness

Let’s hope that in April, Anchorage voters end Dave Bronson’s quixotic failed experiment with public service and our new mayor can fix the jury-rigged mess Bronson and the Assembly have given us.

Donald Craig Mitchell September 20, 2023

OPINION: Sullivan’s hypocrisy on U.S. spending

What would Uncle Ted think of Dan’s demagoguery during the Senate debate on the Fiscal Responsibility Act and of his support in 2017 for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act?

Donald Craig Mitchell June 17, 2023

OPINION: It’s time for the Alaska Bar Association to acknowledge reality

For graduates of accredited law schools, the bar exam is not a test that measures professional competence. It’s hazing.

Donald Craig Mitchell March 16, 2023

OPINION: A modest proposal for Alaska fisheries

Don’t add more seats to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council. Just kick off the members with financial conflicts of interest.

Donald Craig Mitchell February 1, 2023

OPINION: Mary Peltola has been lucky so far. Will that streak hold?

Peltola benefited from an extraordinary constellation of campaign circumstances. But in January, the political reality will be far different.

Donald Craig Mitchell December 7, 2022

OPINION: The difficult realities at the margins of the abortion debate

America would be a better and safer place if some people were dissuaded from becoming parents.

Donald Craig Mitchell July 22, 2022

OPINION: Congress should hear from Alaskans before reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act

No one is in favor of violence being perpetrated against women. But the bill is more complicated than that.

Donald Craig Mitchell February 27, 2022
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