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OPINION: By eroding Grand Jury rights, Alaska officials push citizens to the precipice

CrimeMarch 12, 2025

Public officials, however, are now working to completely eliminate the ability of grand juries to protect we citizens from “abuse” by … public officials. Every single Alaskan should carefully ponder why public officials would want

OPINION: Alaska needs a DOGE team to combat tax-and-spend legislators

FeaturedMarch 11, 2025

A version of DOGE at the state level is not a crazy idea. Eleven states have already adopted the DOGE model and are looking for ways to make radical cuts to the cost of state

BOB BIRD: Alaska’s 3 branches of government converge on Road to Anarchy

FeaturedMarch 10, 2025

Let’s play baseball. Get out the rule book. Like most sports, it is packed not only with rules that are macro and fundamental, but also micro and nuanced. Rules change, and are done so by mutual agreement, because experience dictated the necessity. Thus, an

OPINION: Alaskans don’t need a gun-grabbing, anti-2A, ‘red flag’ law

FeaturedMarch 10, 2025

Alaska House Bill 89 seeks to authorize the temporary confiscation of firearms from individuals deemed a potential danger to themselves or others, based on minimal evidence and without due

OPINION: Mainstream media and RINOs partner with Dems to Alaska’s detriment

FeaturedMarch 4, 2025

A few weeks ago, Fairbanks Daily News Miner Editor Gary Black wrote an opinion piece praising U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski and lauding a group of state Republican legislators for following in her footsteps. In particular, Black appreciated that these lawmakers

OPINION: Defeatist RINOs in Juneau just don’t get it

FeaturedMarch 2, 2025

Several recent articles I wrote must have touched a raw nerve with State Senator Robert Meyers. He wrote an opinion piece in rebuttal. You can read it here. He is evidently upset about my criticism of the defection of seven Republican legislators who joined

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OPINION: By eroding Grand Jury rights, Alaska officials push citizens to the precipice

OPINION: Alaska needs a DOGE team to combat tax-and-spend legislators

BOB BIRD: Alaska’s 3 branches of government converge on Road to Anarchy

OPINION: Alaskans don’t need a gun-grabbing, anti-2A, ‘red flag’ law

OPINION: Mainstream media and RINOs partner with Dems to Alaska’s detriment

OPINION: Defeatist RINOs in Juneau just don’t get it

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

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Sen. Myers: ‘Toothless’ ideas won’t advance conservative policy in Alaska

OPINION: Alleged judicial corruption is Alaska’s Watergate

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