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  Anchorage Assemblywoman Zaletel leads by 2,100 in recall election
  
  Politics Joel Davidson - October 27, 2021 0
  
  The effort to recall leftist Anchorage Assemblywoman Meg Zaletel appears to be an uphill battle based off initial election results. When polls closed on...
  
  Juneau preps to jab kids 5-to-11 with COVID shots despite ‘great uncertainty’
  
  Politics Joel Davidson - October 26, 2021 0
  
  The City and Borough of Juneau is already preparing to set up COVID shot clinics in area schools starting Nov. 8. Children ages 5 to...
  
  Providence Alaska must be accountable for denying Ivermectin to patients who later died
  
  Freedom Darren Hansen - October 26, 2021 0
  
  On Oct. 13, William Topel and Neil Kitamura, both Anchorage residents, died while under the care of Providence Alaska Medical Center. Topel and his...
  
  Alaska reports just 9 ‘hate crimes’ in 2020
  
  Crime Joel Davidson - October 26, 2021 0
  
  Despite the Biden Administration's heightened emphasis on rooting out what it deems a growing threat of hate crimes, there seems to be very little...
  
  Alaska bishop’s threat to cut ties with traditional Catholic school galvanizes faithful
  
  Education Joel Davidson - October 26, 2021 1
  
  Roughly 50 parents, teachers, students and supporters of Holy Rosary Academy gathered outside of Archbishop Andrew Bellisario’s Anchorage offices on Oct. 25 to pray...
  
  Anchorage Assembly demands mayor reinstate leftist ‘equity’ officer
  
  Politics Joel Davidson - October 24, 2021 17
  
  The far-left majority on the Anchorage Assembly is demanding that Mayor Dave Bronson reverse his decision to fire the city’s first ever chief equity...
  
  Alaska Railroad mandates COVID jabs for all employees
  
  Freedom Joel Davidson - October 24, 2021 35
  
  Alaska Railroad Corporation (ARRC) employees must be deemed fully vaccinated by Dec. 8, unless granted a religion or medical exemption. Those who decline the...
  
  Employee mandates are driving society to its knees
  
  Freedom Joel Davidson - October 22, 2021 36
  
  Over the past few weeks, we have seen thousands of flights cancelled, store shelves emptied and millions of businesses struggling to maintain adequate manpower...

Opinion

Opinion Pieces from the various perspectives of our contributors.

Culture

It’s happening again – a hypnosis of fear

Bob Bird - October 22, 2021

PFD debate: Alaska legislators hide our money, then demand more

Opinion Jim Crawford - October 21, 2021 16

The Alaska Legislature’s fourth special session is sputtering on with no discussion of new facts, only repetitions of hardened positions. Most conservatives advocate for a...

Is Soviet-style censorship rearing its head in America?

Culture Alexander Dolitsky - October 19, 2021 4

Many of my friends during my upbringing in the former Soviet Union were students from various educational institutes, striving for knowledge, wisdom, academic curiosity...

Mayor Bronson: Anchorage Assembly continues to break the public’s trust

Opinion Dave Bronson - October 13, 2021 21

Editor’s note: On Oct. 13, Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson issued the following statement in response to the Anchorage Assembly's Oct. 12 vote to pass...

There is no ‘racist mob’ at the Anchorage Assembly meetings

Opinion Joel Davidson - October 11, 2021 30

A time-worn tactic of a disingenuous debater is to undermine the character of his opponent without honestly engaging the issue at hand. This is exactly...

Ex-abortion worker living in Alaska says industry exploits women

Abortion Priscilla Anne Hurley - October 11, 2021 20

I want to share with you today a subject I know very well - abortion. I’ll share what I’ve come to know after working...

Editing Sen. Murkowski’s hypocritical COVID speech on ‘kindness’

Opinion Bob Bird - October 8, 2021 21

How much more will Alaskans be able to endure lying and unelected politicians? We endure them on the local, state and national level. They...

Pride, humility and repentance right here in Alaska

Opinion Bob Bird - October 7, 2021 6

There is a certain instinctive sense that, when it comes to the people in our own neighborhood, we help each other out simply because...

Beloved Alaskan balladeer Hobo Jim faced death with courage, gratitude

Culture Joel Davidson - October 6, 2021 7

It’s easy to lose sight of the heart and soul of life, easy to let the evenings pass in a blur of mediocrity while...

Rep. Zack Fields demands Zuckerberg algorithmically bury Alaska Watchman

Opinion Joel Davidson - October 4, 2021 28

State Rep. Zack Fields, a far-left Democrat who represents downtown Anchorage, has a serious bone to pick with local news outlets with which he...

Heated Anchorage masking debate continues Monday at 5 p.m.

Opinion Joel Davidson - October 2, 2021 23

After three nights of heated testimony on a highly controversial and deeply divisive mask mandate proposal, the Anchorage Assembly is set for round four...

It’s time for conservative Alaskans to take decisive action

Opinion Joel Davidson - September 29, 2021 5

There’s a lot happening on the local political front over the next few days and weeks, and it is imperative that conservative minded Alaskans...

Open letter to 4 Palmer City Council members: My opposition is not personal, but based on policy

Opinion Mike Coons - September 23, 2021 23

Editor’s note: At the Aug. 24 Palmer City Council meeting, the writer of this letter, Mike Coons, raised concerns that Council Members Sebrena Combs,...

Two-Spirited identities are a farcical interpretation of Alaska Native culture

Culture Katrina Tysinger - September 20, 2021 15

Alaska Native transgenderism is seeping its way into traditional native culture in the form of the fabricated term “two-spirit.” Alaska Natives are generally united...

Alaskans must not compromise or capitulate on PFD payment or fiscal plan

Opinion Jim Crawford - September 14, 2021 11

I keep hearing that the Republicans must compromise in order to gain a fiscal plan for Alaska. Compromise is a virtue in the politically-correct-woke...

Vaccine mandate vote delayed after legislators with ties to hospital lobby kill debate

Opinion Rep. David Eastman - September 14, 2021 15

The Alaska State House was scheduled to resume debate Sept. 13 on several amendments to roll back various vaccine mandates impacting Alaska. Unfortunately, House...

Beware of activists who manipulate history for ulterior motives

Culture Alexander Dolitsky - September 10, 2021 8

Today, many radical school teachers believe themselves to be teaching the “truthful” history of the world, including American history. They aggressively and unwisely inject...

AK Army National Guard soldiers urge Dunleavy and D.C. delegation to fight military vax mandate

Opinion Joel Davidson - September 10, 2021 18

The following letter was signed by 38 members of the Alaska Army National Guard, urging Gov. Mike Dunleavy, Sen. Dan Sullivan, Sen. Lisa Murkowski...

Open letter to Alaska legislators: Protect our right to decline the COVID vax

Freedom Richard "Clayton" Trotter - September 8, 2021 30

I am a professor of business law at the University of Alaska Anchorage where I have taught for the past 10 years. As a...

Anchorage Assembly exhibits classic signs of cultural imperialism

Culture Dean Cannon - September 7, 2021 9

Just over a year ago, Anchorage was not a hyper-partisan city to the average observer. A liberal or a conservative had plenty to complain...

Inquiring minds and the courage to follow truth wherever it leads

Opinion Joel Davidson - September 7, 2021 2

It’s difficult to maintain an inquiring mind – one willing to change course and even reject previously held notions if that’s where the evidence...

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Anchorage Assemblywoman Zaletel leads by 2,100 in recall election

October 27, 2021

Juneau preps to jab kids 5-to-11 with COVID shots despite ‘great uncertainty’

October 26, 2021

Providence Alaska must be accountable for denying Ivermectin to patients who later died

October 26, 2021

Alaska reports just 9 ‘hate crimes’ in 2020

October 26, 2021

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