OPINION: Proposed change to how Fairbanks funds construction would be a disaster for taxpayers
A permanent restructuring of how the borough buys construction, adopted by an outgoing body, effective on the watch of an incoming one, with no fiscal note, no published agreement, and no bid data on the record, is not a close call on process. It does not
OPINION: AK conservatives must vote strategically to avoid leftist takeover in governor’s race
Rank the three Republicans in whatever order you think best, but be sure to rank them all and leave JKT off your ballot completely. Failure to rally around all three Republicans will lead to a liberal takeover of
Why is Alaska Catholic Conference silent on the most critical moral issues?
When Alaska legislation concerns the protection of unborn children, the meaning of marriage, parental authority or religious liberty, where is the public voice of the Alaska Catholic Conference? What are the bishops teaching? What guidance is given to
A conservative’s guide to voting on Alaska judges
Once again, Alaskans are being asked to vote on whether certain judges should be retained or removed from the bench. Yet voters will go to the polls with little to no information about the judicial philosophies or political leanings of these
OPINION: For conservatives to win in November, Alaskans must rank candidates
Ranking candidates on the ballot is not a love letter to them. Nor is it disloyalty to any other candidate. It is a strategic chess move to help preserve a state that you will actually still want to live
OPINION: Not everyone should be allowed to vote
“Universal suffrage” used to mean including women, minorities and the poor being granted the right to vote, but now it is understood to mean something else - and something quite
OPINION: Attack on Amish religious freedom should unsettle us all
It would be hard to imagine such an affront to religious and personal freedom had we not lived through the Covid years. The government trampled all over your freedoms in the name of “pandemic” and flattening the
OPINION: Feds ease up on suppressors, but Alaska still calls them ‘prohibited’ weapons
The suppressor part of our law is particularly hard to defend because Alaska already lets people hunt with them. We have one Alaska law telling you that you can put a suppressor on your rifle and go hunting, while another Alaska law calls that same suppressor
Data centers, vaccines or Murkowski’s ‘facts’: Don’t fall for political propaganda
In the run-up to the November election, every Alaska voter is a target of propagandists. Politicians, social media, and mainstream media are feeding you deceptive information to shape your opinions to support their
OPINION: Conservative Alaskan voters face extra hurdles
Lieutenant Governor Dahlstrom announced last Friday that none of the 11,928 votes Treg Taylor received for governor will count this year. So, if you voted for any other candidate, your vote counted, but if you were one of the conservatives who voted for
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