OPINION: Tim Walz – the ‘Chicken Hawk’
Tim Walz is a "Chicken Hawk" - a term used by the media to define politicians who are eager to use military force, so long as others do the work.
WARNING: Alaska’s ranked-choice disaster should give Idaho pause
Today, I submitted a column to several of the major newspapers in Idaho to warn them of how Ranked-Choice Voting could harm elections in their state. The same dark money outside interests that foisted RCV off on Alaska in 2020 are trying to do the same thing
OPINION: RCV gamesmanship complicates ability to forecast Rep. Vance’s Alaska House race
Yogi Berra once said, “It is hard to make predictions, especially about the future.” Despite his warning, political pollsters still try to predict election results every election cycle, but with mixed success. Polling is difficult and when you add in
Ripe for manipulation: Alaska’s ‘jungle primary’ is a chaotic mess
Alaska’s current primary voting system creates political mayhem. Mail-in and early voting is already underway for the Aug. 20 primary, but in the end, nearly every candidate vying for state office will make it onto the general ballot no matter how few
OPINION: To accept contraception is to welcome transgenderism
The artificially hollowed-out reproductive organs of the hyper sexed 1990’s are completed, even perfected, in the neutered version of womanhood presented today. Young women in the generations which followed were offered a narrative surrounding sexuality
An interpreter’s take on the linguistic errors and hypocrisy that have plagued AK-Russian relations
Translators and interpreters use their knowledge of two or more languages and cultural meanings to translate or interpret texts and conversations from one language to another, to enhance communication across cultures and the parties involved. The difference
OPINION: ‘Let’s roll!’ Don’t stand by while America is destroyed
The days of “I don’t want to get involved” must end. In the aviation industry we have a saying, “See something, say something.” This is designed to stop terrorist attacks and high jacking as well as other crimes. The next step of course may be that
OPINION: Ted Stevens Day is the wrong kind of nostalgia
If conservatives still celebrated “Ted Stevens Day” this past Saturday, they unfortunately have a lot of soul-searching and education to go through. I would rather that the public allow him to rest in peace, and stop trying to hide the damage this man did
Alaska’s ranked-choice primaries are a mostly pointless waste of time and money
In November, Alaska have a chance to do away with the state’s controversial and often pointless ranked-choice voting system, which was narrowly approved by voters back in 2020. In addition to discarding the traditional voting system, in which each voter
Alaska Supremes to decide whether they illegally colluded with Dept. of Law
Four decades after drafting the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson warned that allowing the judiciary to be the ultimate arbitrator of all constitutional questions would place us under the despotism of an oligarchy. Jefferson, widely considered one
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