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OPINION: House bill could be weaponized against mentally healthy Alaskans

FeaturedMay 11, 2022

The Alaska State House just voted to pass HB 172, a bill that could act as a catalyst for future civil unrest in Alaska. It’s now in its final stages in the Alaska Senate as SB 124 (Mental Health Facilities & Meds). These bills include amendments that

Alaska ACLU hires Anchorage’s former first lady to further radical agenda

AbortionMay 10, 2022

Climate change activist and abortion rights supporter Mara Kimmel is the new executive director of Alaska’s ACLU chapter. The hard-left organization issued an announcement on May 10. Kimmel is a well-known name in Anchorage’s liberal political circles.

Conservatives vying to fill Rep. Young’s seat answer questions on hot-button social issues

AbortionMay 3, 2022

The four leading conservative candidates who are running to fill out the remaining months of the late Rep. Don Young’s term have answered a survey questionnaire that deals with some of the most contentious social issues facing the nation. Conducted by

Federalist article unpacks how Murkowski has hurt Alaskans

FeaturedApril 29, 2022

The Federalist just published a scathing article, detailing how Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s vote to confirm Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has led to increased federal restrictions and higher taxes for Alaskans. Published April 29, the article by Tristan Justice

Vast majority of passengers & crew enjoy mask free flights, as Biden appeals ruling

COVIDApril 22, 2022

For the past three days, the vast majority of airline passengers, flight attendants, pilots and airport staff in several airports across the nation have enjoyed breathing freely – mask free. The Watchman has conducted several in-person polls at airports

Alaska Watchman crosses the line with Facebook … again

CultureApril 18, 2022

As the Alaska Watchman expands our coverage and influence, we’ve come under the gaze of the nameless, faceless gaze of the ever-watchful, bureaucratic social media behemoths. Last week, the impersonal matrix that comprises Facebook’s Community Standards

Alaska Airline CEO among those saying mask mandates ‘make no sense’

FeaturedApril 18, 2022

President Joe Biden is ignoring calls from top airline executives, including Alaska Airlines CEO Ben Minicucci, to ditch the federal mask mandates for public transportation. The mandates, which extend to airplanes and airports, were set to expire on April 18,

AK Senate bill bans forced speech in schools, requires curriculum transparency

EducationApril 15, 2022

The Alaska State Senate is considering a bill that would require government-run schools to display on their websites all training material used for teachers, curriculum and school procedures, as well as the title and author of materials, and any organizations

The wisdom I gleaned along a Kiev river reverberates today

CultureApril 6, 2022

Anatoly Mikhailovich Mikisha was a talented and accomplished mathematician in his late 30s. He was a rocket scientist, working in the Moscow Aviation Institute in the 1960s and 1970s – the years I knew and communicated with him. At that time, it was the

What are we to do with Anchorage as it is?

CultureApril 6, 2022

If election day totals hold, the Anchorage Assembly will remain firmly controlled by the radical leftists who imposed Covid mandates, shut down churches, limited religious liberties and personal freedoms, pushed LGBTQ politics and bungled homelessness.

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