BOB BIRD: False compassion leads to greater suffering
We suffer from false compassion - calling unnatural things, natural, and making a pitiable, yet treatable psychosis, into a “new
LAST GASP? Homer’s geriatric libs protest on Labor Day, as they head for extinction
Young people are rejecting the political left and returning to more traditional values. It appears that liberalism is a dying
Conservative Sitka man suffers concussion, broken bones at radical leftist protest
A protester at a leftist rally in Sitka was charged with two felony assaults counts, theft, criminal mischief and robbery, which occurred during an Aug. 30 demonstration that resulted in one peaceful conservative-counter protester being admitted to the local
Glen Biegel: Unpacking the left’s disdain for prayer and love of gun control
Jenn Psaki and many millions of poorly educated believers and non-believers tell us to stop praying. Praying is not an action, and we need action. We need control. The appeal to God is not control
OPINION: The root cause of mass shootings isn’t what you think
The blame for this mass shooting probably belongs to members of the medical community providing transgender care for young
Anchorage School District seeks to skirt Trump ban on DEI grants by ‘reframing’ content
Anchorage School District officials are coaching potential grant writers to “reframe” all “equity or DEI components” in classes or programs that seek federal grants under the Trump
Gov. Murkowski? – How to defeat her with RCV
It may be possible to use RCV strategically against Murkowski to accomplish two objectives. To deny her the election victory and to show voters how Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) can be used to sway elections
Allies & Enemies: The historic pendulum of U.S.-Russian relations – part 1
The purpose of this article is to place the story of cooperation along the Alaska-Siberia Lend-Lease Airway during WWII into a larger context—the development of Russian-American relations over time.
Fairbanks School Board aims to block federal immigration agents from schools
The Fairbanks North Star School Board is set to vote on a resolution aimed at blocking federal agents from enforcing longstanding immigration
Kenai to vote on scrapping machine tabulators in favor of hand counting
Hand count proponents are hoping voters will approve Prop. 1 during the Oct. 7 regular election. If it passes, it will require all paper ballots, cast in-person on election day, be counted manually by hand, rather than using electronic tabulating
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