Jill Biden says faster internet will help solve rural Alaska’s myriad challenges
First Lady Jill Biden swung through Bethel on what looked a lot like a campaign rally for her president husband. Introduced by Bethel resident and current U.S. Congresswoman Mary Peltola, the first Lady gave a brief speech to area residents, in which she
Anchorage Library Board will attempt to address teen book on anal sex/porn after chief librarian claims it’s ‘appropriate’
Anchorage’s new chief librarian, Virginia McClure, doesn’t see a problem with young teens reading library books that include graphic instructions on how to have anal sex, explore sexual fantasies and gender identities, create their own personal digital
OPINION: Rift in Alaska Legislature signals likelihood of a special session
Midnight Wednesday is quickly approaching, but things are in gridlock. The 120-day legislative session clock is about to expire, and the House and Senate have no agreement on the budget. I know it is frustrating for you to read this, and I’m guessing you
ACLU trains activists to fight Mat-Su’s effort to remove graphic sexual books from schools
Not only does Alaska ACLU want gender-confused biological males to have access to girls’ showers, dressing rooms and sports teams, but they are also now actively organizing and training hard-left activists to oppose the Mat-Su School Districts effort to
Alaskans aren’t really empowered to call a constitutional convention (Part 4)
By J.H. Snider – The Fulcrum Editor’s note: The following is the final column in a four-part series on Alaska’s 2022 Constitutional Convention vote, which included massive amounts of outside spending to convince Alaskans to vote against holding a
OPINION: Alaska’s standardized test labels can mislead parents on students’ performance
By Sarah Montalbano – Alaska Policy Forum The Alaska System of Academic Readiness (AK STAR) assessment, administered for the first time in the spring of 2022 to Alaskan K-12 students, promises continuity with mid-year assessments and less testing time —
The collective madness of pandering to delusion cannot long endure
History is a science, every bit as much as physics, chemistry, biology and others. And like them, it goes through various interpretations and analyses, which we call “historiography.” The other sciences keep changing their interpretations, too. Take
Part 3: Alaska should be outraged that election laws failed to rein in the anti-Const. Convention ‘cartel’
By J.H. Snider – The Fulcrum Editor’s note: The following is part three of four in a series about Alaska’s 2022 Constitutional Convention vote, which included massive amounts of outside spending to convince Alaskans to vote against holding a
Librarians plot to undermine Mat-Su’s school library book review committee
In the wake of mounting controversy over highly sexualized and extremely graphic books available to children in Mat-Su school libraries, the district is now on the cusp of assembling a parent-heavy book review committee to determine which titles are unfit for
OPINION: Why aren’t more Alaskans stepping up to defend the parental rights bill?
On March 30, I waited about an hour and a half to testify in support of Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s parental rights in education bill (House Bill 105), which would bar public schools from hiding a child’s sexual identity or health records from parents, while
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