Vote NO on Anchorage school bonds: Focus must be students, not buildings
We all want our kids to have the best chance of success in life. Anchorage’s public schools play a vital role in that outcome. Unfortunately, we are hobbling our kids’ academic opportunities by allocating far too many of our nation-leading
Sadly, Rep. Don Young’s death represents the end of a political age
We didn’t agree with every policy the late Dean of the U.S. House Don Young supported, but his continued efforts to establish personal relationships with his political opponents was admiral. In January of last year, Young rose on the House Floor to carry
What Conscience? AK House approves forcing judges to officiate weddings
Equality and marriage cannot coexist. This has been a fundamental tenant of Marxism since Karl Marx first published The Communist Manifesto in 1848. To Marx, marriage is simply legalized female slavery. It must be done away with or redefined out of existence.
AK Senate Majority Leader: Biological males will destroy women’s sports
Editor’s note: The following is the opening statement which Alaska Sen. Shelley Hughes delivered March 3 to introduce Senate Bill 140, which would ban biological males from competing in women’s sports. Hughes statement was made in the Senate Education
OPINION: War and Forgiveness in Kiev
Vladimir Lenin characterized the NEP (New Economic Policy) in 1922 as an economic system that would include “a free market and capitalism, both subject to state control,” while socialized state enterprises would operate on “a profit basis”— an
OPINION: Conservatives must not excuse what Putin has unleashed on Ukraine
Recently propagated by Republican members of the Alaska Legislature are two narratives about which they should know better: • First, that George Soros (Open Society Foundations) helped Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy become president of Ukraine
Stop Alaska bill that threatens religious liberty and free speech
The Alaska House Judiciary Committee will hold another hearing today, Monday, March 14 at 1 p.m. to consider House Bill 17, which adds “sexual orientation” and “gender identity or expression” as special protected categories under Alaska’s
Tell the Mat-Su Borough to defend your right to keep and bear arms
The repeal of the anti-gun range red-tape ordinance is on the agenda for Tuesday’s Mat-Su Borough Assembly meeting, and the Assembly members need to hear from you! It’s time to stand up and make your voices heard in defense of your
Lawmakers to AK teens: Sex, abortion & divorce are OK. Marriage – not OK
Our culture is adrift without an anchor. Unfortunately, our State Legislature is no exception. This past Wednesday afternoon, Alaska legislators voted overwhelmingly (33-3) to restrict teen access to marriage by repealing Alaska’s judicial bypass statute
Will you take 5 minutes to help protect women’s sports in Alaska?
The left is almost always more vocal when it comes to rattling cages down in Juneau. Community activism runs in the blood of liberals and those who worship at the altar of Big Government. That rarely means their opinion is in the majority. That’s
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