Bear Paw Fest underway in Chugiak-Eagle River
The annual five-day Chugiak-Eagle River Bear Paw Festival is underway and picking up steam heading into the weekend. The robust celebration of local community features its main parade on Saturday, July 16, at 11 a.m. with scores of additional activities
By segregating races, Alaska Humanities Forum rejects Rev. King’s ‘Dream’
By excluding white people from day one of its upcoming forum on racial relations next month, the Alaska Humanities Forum has signaled its allegiance to the poisonous and divisive theories that underpin critical race theory. The idea that we must segregate the
How to oppose Biden’s scheme to redefine biological ‘sex’ in public schools
President Joe Biden is seeking to change the rules when it comes to defining biological sex in educational institutions that rely on federal funding. His administration just released its proposal which literally redefines male and female in Title IX of
Anchorage outreach to hold ‘candid’ conversation on homosexuality
Amidst mass confusion surrounding gender identity and human sexuality, an Anchorage-based apologetics group is holding the second in a three-part series titled, “Candid Conversations on Gender and Sexuality.” Hosted by Wisdom Apologetics, the July 13
Pope Francis taps pro-life, pro-family Fairbanks Bishop for Minn. post
Pope Francis tapped Fairbanks Bishop Chad Zielinski, 57, to serve as the new bishop of the New Ulm Diocese in Minnesota. The announcement was made June 12, and will take effect on Sept. 27. Since Nov. 8, 2014, Zielinski has served as the Fairbanks bishop
Mat-Su ‘family friendly’ LGBTQ event pushes drag queens, abortion shwag, death culture
Transgender and homosexual rights activists descended on the Mat-Su’s Alaska State Fairground July 9th to promote in drag queens, peddle pro-abortion shwag and hawk bizarre trinkets centered around the culture of death. Hosted by the activist
Whites excluded from first day of Alaska Humanities Forum event on ‘race and land’
The Alaska Humanities Forum, a federally supported non-profit established to advance and preserve cultural traditions in the Last Frontier, is hosting a weekend-long conversation next month about the relationship between race and land in Alaska. In order to
Trump train thunders into Alaska for a record-breaking rally
When former President Donald Trump pulls into town, he attracts a long and colorful train in his coattails. On July 9, the ongoing national Trump tour thundered through Anchorage’s Alaska Airline Center arena with a building-record of nearly 6,000 people in
Cheers to Fairbanks for making Independence Day Parade a ‘great success’
Editor’s note: In 2021, for the first time in more than half a century, Fairbanks held a bonified Independence Day parade, which was organized and funded through a grassroots, community effort. I just wanted to give a huge thank you to Fairbanks for
Crumbling trust in major institutions signals trouble in America
High public trust in major religious, cultural, political and economic institutions is a bell weather marker for a strong, robust and effective nation. Confidence in these institutions lend credibility and public support to their work. America, however, is in
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