Citing politics, Murkowski joins Dems in failed vote to block Trump’s pick to run FBI
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski was one of just two GOP Senators who voted against President Trump’s nominee to head up the FBI, claiming Kash Patel’s past political activity raised personal
OPINION: Trump’s DOGE crusade is a bold 1st step to fiscal sanity
Donald Trump is the first president in the last 60 years to make a serious effort to return our country to fiscal sanity, starting by cutting government waste and
OPINION: Alaska Senators’ feud with Trump over mountain name is pure virtue signaling
Alaska’s Little Princess is at it again. Of all the things she could be working on, our dear Lisa has chosen to pick a fight with Donald Trump over the name of Mt. McKinley/Denali. She introduced a bill to change the mountain’s name back to Denali.
OPINION: European multiculturalism is far-left cultural chaos
In the early 1970s, as a student of history at the Kiev Pedagogical Institute, I participated in the archaeological excavation in Trans-Carpathia, an eastern part of the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine.The Carpathian Mountains form about a 1,000-mile-long
OPINION: Only Congress has constitutional authority to impose tariffs
Right from the start, let’s make the statement: No president has the authority to unilaterally impose tariffs. It is basic, iron-clad and obvious. Only Congress does. It is not even arguable. The Congressional Research Service typically makes an egregious
Wasteful spending? ‘Snow School’ program for Anchorage students linked to climate activism
In preparation for a recent Anchorage School District elementary school field trip identified as “Snow School,” parents received “Assumption of Risk and Liability Release” forms from an entity identifying itself as KMTA. Businesses need to protect
USAID and the history of U.S. foreign assistance programs
Historically, the United States has provided foreign aid to other countries since 1812; but on a large scale only during and after World War II. The history of the U.S. foreign assistance is marked by several key events, including Lend-Lease during World War
How Alaska’s bureaucratic special interests serve entrenched power, not public good
This vicious cycle of special interest control, fueled by political patronage and cyclical funding flows, demands that we scrutinize and, ultimately, reform our system to ensure that it truly serves the public
OPINION: Marginalized conservatives must use the ‘atom bomb of Alaska politics’
Should the majority Democrat caucus refuse to go along, Alaska's conservative Republicans should hold the budget hostage. With no budget passed, a special legislative session would be required, and the state government could be shut down. It would be glorious
OPINION: Incentivized homeschooling can solve Alaska’s school funding dilemma
With increased homeschooling, fewer schools and fewer teachers would be needed. If the state could shift more students out of public schools, it could give the students an education of their choice and save money at the same
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