Wow, every paragraph makes your head spin from Bradner BS.  Here is his article re-written:
Alaska's projects:
Oil: COP has got it going on.  BP is terminally dysfunctional.  Soon Hilcorp will run BP's interests.  Exxon is bluff and BS.  The little guys, like Caelus, are are future hope, but they got beat up by Walker.
Mining: Donlin, big if.  Tower Hills, big if.  Ifs and maybes do not an economy make.
Fisheries: Biologists are not, and are never, needed in Alaska.  No matter what a state biologist says, it's overruled by BOF and political muscle.  So why even have biologists?  Also, fisheries are a Seattle industry, and have little to do with Alaskan economy.
Tourism: No one makes much money in this game.  But it's fun for all.
Military: Nothing has changed since the Cold War.  US Senators use scare taxes to waste US tax payer money in Alaska. Shameful.
Medical Industry (Bradner left this out): Huge transfer of wealth to a socialized health care system.  Horrific.  Thanks Obama.