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Who should be allowed to vote in Alaska elections?

FeaturedSeptember 28, 2022

By Quinn Townsend – Alaska Policy Forum Voting is a fundamental right and duty of American citizens. It is so important that enfranchisement is protected by four separate U.S. Constitutional amendments (the 15th, the 19th, the 24th, and

UPDATE: Eagle River push to break from Anchorage continues on

EducationSeptember 27, 2022

Our summer is ending with fireweed signaling to us that fall is in the air. I want to thank all our volunteers for their hard work at the Bear Paw festival and the parades this summer. Without our volunteers, our effort to govern our own communities would

American Leftism: Is the nation losing its mind?

CultureSeptember 26, 2022

When I arrived in the United States on February of 1978 as a political refugee from a socialist country, I never thought that America would attempt to destroy itself from within with the radical neo-Marxist ideology (i.e., critical race theory, white

Exposing the false dichotomy between faith and government

ApologeticsSeptember 26, 2022

Those who shout loudest about “separation of church and state” are doing it in the exact opposite spirit that the term’s originator once did. Thomas Jefferson was out to protect the church from the state, not the other way around. For good reason, the

THE FACTS: Alaska Covid Alliance unpacks medical and policy failures since 2020

COVIDSeptember 24, 2022

Editor’s note: The following column was written on behalf of Alaska Covid Alliance. It’s hard to believe how long we have been under this siege. Two and a half years with no end in sight. Have we “flattened the curve” yet? Reflecting on this

OPINION: How Fairbanks Christians can vote to defend traditional values

CultureSeptember 22, 2022

GUEST COLUMN BY JON & RUTH EWIG Whether we have young children or teens in homeschool, private or public school we need to fulfill our duty as American citizens to participate in voting at the local community as well as state and national levels.

Rep. David Eastman: The Left’s push to outlaw loyalty to the Constitution

FeaturedSeptember 22, 2022

In a day when professional athletes are encouraged not to stand for the national anthem, and pundits declare that Americans everywhere should feel ashamed of America and her founding, I suppose it is but a small step to next attack the Constitution

Alaska House Candidate: Here’s how to stop leftists from destroying public schools

EducationSeptember 13, 2022

Alaska’s education system has failed our children. Nationally, Alaska is 47th in education and our fourth graders are dead last. How can this be when Alaska spends more per-pupil on education than most other states in the nation? That’s abject failure.

ACT TODAY: Tell Biden to stop his attack on women, parental rights & religious liberty

EducationSeptember 11, 2022

As you know, we usually focus on the battle front in Alaska, but this federal move by the Biden Administration DEMANDS our attention and immediate action because it directly impacts our children and grandchildren! Here’s what’s happening: The

Leftist hypocrisy knows no bounds

AbortionSeptember 9, 2022

“Hypocrisy is the homage that vice pays to virtue.” So said the 17th century French moralist Rochefoucauld, who now comes to remind and haunt us in our unraveling civilization. Many columns have repeatedly demonstrated that there is a Deep State, the

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