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Bedlam reigns in Alaska’s lunatic election asylum

FeaturedMarch 25, 2022

Each day we awake to find that, despite the hopes of turning things around, our culture has become a veritable lunatic asylum. The term “bedlam” means confusion and insanity, but it originated with the name of London’s infamous insane asylum. In the

Untangling questions about Alaska’s upcoming elections

FeaturedMarch 24, 2022

Following the unexpected death of Congressman Don Young on March 18, Gov. Mike Dunleavy issued a proclamation on March 23 declaring a vacancy and calling for a special election to choose someone to serve out the remaining months of Young’s term, which

Vote NO on Anchorage school bonds: Focus must be students, not buildings

EducationMarch 23, 2022

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

Anchorage mail-in ballots found in garbage, vacant mailbox, wrong district

FeaturedMarch 22, 2022

Anchorage School Board Candidate Mark Anthony Cox sent a photo to the Alaska Watchman on March 21 showing a municipal mail-in ballot lying in the trash can at the city’s southside U.S. Post Office (see photo to the right). Another resident, Dewey Wells,

Cliff Murray drops campaign to avoid diluting conservative vote

AbortionMarch 22, 2022

In an effort to avoid diluting the conservative vote, Anchorage School Board candidate Cliff Murray has suspended his campaign in the current mail-in election and thrown his support behind fellow conservative Mark Anthony Cox. Cox is attempting to unseat

Anchorage Assembly mulls June 21 as day to elect 12th Assembly member

FeaturedMarch 21, 2022

On March 23, the Anchorage Assembly will hold a special meeting to establish a date on which the city will hold a special election to choose a 12th Assembly member. Currently there are 11 Assembly members, but voters approved adding a 12th back in April of

Sadly, Rep. Don Young’s death represents the end of a political age

FeaturedMarch 21, 2022

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

CultureMarch 21, 2022

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.

Hard questions Kelly Tshibaka would ask Biden’s Supreme Court nominee

AbortionMarch 21, 2022

Starting today, March 21, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee began holding hearings on President Biden’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court – Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. She is regarded by many conservatives as a radical leftist judge. While U.S. Sen.

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