Senate rejects Sullivan’s attempt to protect academic freedom, religious liberty in universities
If the U.S. Senate is going to dump billions of taxpayer dollars into American universities, Sen. Dan Sullivan wanted some assurances that these schools will uphold the First Amendment. On May 26, Sullivan offered an amendment to Sen. Chuck Schumer’s
Historic Fur Rondy sled dog race cancelled due to COVID
The Fur Rendezvous Open World Championship Sled Dog Race is cancelled this winter. The Greater Anchorage, Inc and the Alaskan Sled Dog and Racing Association said concern over COVID led to the decision. The race is the most popular event during the late
Fairbanks schools set aside entire month to highlight LGBTQ status of historic figures
In an effort to further normalize and promote the LGBTQ lifestyle and social agenda to impressionable Fairbanks area children, the Fairbanks School Board voted 8-1 to establish October as “LGBTQ History Month.” The aim is to highlight and celebrate the
Anchorage Assembly continues to pass controversial laws while banning public from meetings
Despite demands from Anchorage residents who wish to engage their political representatives eye-to-eye, the Anchorage Assembly has doubled down on its insistence that no member of the public be allowed to enter the Assembly chambers due to COVID-19 concerns.
Juneau mandates masks in order access buses, public facilities
In order to ride public buses or utilize government owned property, residents of Alaska’s state capitol must now wear face coverings. The Juneau Assembly unanimously passed an ordinance on May 28 requiring bus passengers to wear a mask over their nose and
Taking stock of ‘great’ Alaskans
Our last 1955 delegate to the Constitutional Convention just died. Vic Fisher was a born-and-bred Leftist, even as his parentage escaped Stalinist Russia. Like Ted Stevens, yet another lauded “great” Alaskan, men of their educational pedigrees could not
OPINION: European multiculturalism is far-left cultural chaos
In the early 1970s, as a student of history at the Kiev Pedagogical Institute, I participated in the archaeological excavation in Trans-Carpathia, an eastern part of the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine.The Carpathian Mountains form about a 1,000-mile-long
Wasteful spending? ‘Snow School’ program for Anchorage students linked to climate activism
In preparation for a recent Anchorage School District elementary school field trip identified as “Snow School,” parents received “Assumption of Risk and Liability Release” forms from an entity identifying itself as KMTA. Businesses need to protect
Legal battle resumes on fate of Alaska’s homeschool allotment program
As expected, the battle has resumed over whether Alaska’s growing homeschool population can utilize state-funded correspondence programs to access educational goods and services provided at private and religious entities. Last summer, the Alaska Supreme
USAID and the history of U.S. foreign assistance programs
Historically, the United States has provided foreign aid to other countries since 1812; but on a large scale only during and after World War II. The history of the U.S. foreign assistance is marked by several key events, including Lend-Lease during World War
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