Category: Culture

OPINION: Don’t ignore Anchorage’s election – the Left isn’t

CultureMarch 27, 2025

If nothing else, it’s important to the Left. The pronoun people love local elections. It’s where they test drive starry-eyed socialists to see if they have the mettle to move up the ladder to statewide offices and beyond; and they know it’s easier to

Defiant D.E.I. activists dig in at University of Alaska

CultureMarch 20, 2025

A highly vocal and irate population of faculty, students and staff at the University of Alaska Anchorage campus are livid over a Feb. 21 decision by the University’s Board of Regents, which ordered that all state campuses scrub their websites and other

Alaska Homestead Expo – reviving lost skills and forgotten ways

CultureMarch 18, 2025

Whether it’s due to the rising cost of groceries, a desire for more nutritious food, or simply a longing to work the land and become more self-sufficient, myriad Alaskans are embracing age-old and often long-forgotten traditions associated with family farms

OPINION: Student success hinges on conservative values, parent empowerment

CultureMarch 13, 2025

Here is the bottom line: Place a student from a home that values education in a class with an impartial, well-trained and professional teacher who loves and is proficient in his/her subject and enjoys teaching, and learning takes place. Everything else is

TODAY: Tell Alaska Sen. Murkowski to protect girls sports from male athletes

CultureMarch 3, 2025

Contact Senator Lisa Murkowski and encourage her to vote YES on Senate Bill 9 to protect girls from having to compete against boys in

OPINION: What America can learn from the decline of world empires

CultureFebruary 28, 2025

Elected government officials, policy makers, educators and the society at large must clearly understand that ignorance, irresponsible government mandates and disregard of historic patterns may create irreversible socio–economic

Anchorage Library Director nominee coy in responses about controversial books, events

CultureFebruary 28, 2025

Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance has nominated Marjorie Harrison to serve as director of the city’s five libraries, which have been the source of heated controversy, protests, parental rights disputes and division for many years. On Feb. 28, Harrison

Mat-Su School Board aims to ban revealing, vulgar & racist student clothing

CultureFebruary 27, 2025

In an effort address inappropriate student clothing, the Mat-Su School Board is considering a revision to the district’s dress code to specifically ban revealing, racist, sexually suggestive and vulgar clothing and

Univ. of Alaska faculty & students oppose regents’ order to ditch DEI

CultureFebruary 27, 2025

Many entrenched professors and campus staff in the University of Alaska system are adamantly opposed to removing DEI programs, which could prove

State of Alaska librarian uses official email to push LGBTQ/Critical Race books for kids

CultureFebruary 25, 2025

An employee for the Alaska State Libraries, Archives and Museums Division is using his official government email to alert fellow librarians across the state to what he sees as potential threat regarding the removal of children’s books that promote LGBTQ

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