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The collective madness of pandering to delusion cannot long endure

CultureApril 30, 2023

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

New Mat-Su legislator claims most Republicans are fine with gay ‘marriage’

CultureDecember 15, 2022

Jesse Sumner, who recently won election as a Republican state representative for the Mat-Su, claims that he and the majority of Alaska Republicans are no longer interested in defending the state’s constitutional definition of marriage as “the union of one

Dems see Murkowski as ally in push to redefine traditional marriage

FamilyJuly 22, 2022

A total of 47 U.S. House Republicans joined all Democrats on July 19 in voting to redefine the federal definition of marriage so that it will include any “two individuals,” rather than the union of a man and a woman. The legislation now heads to the U.S.

Personal feelings cannot be a shared foundation for law

CultureOctober 14, 2019

I watched the lawsuit and litigation play out this summer between the City of Anchorage and the Downtown Hope Center. The entire incident leading to the lawsuit would be great satirical fodder for the pages of The Onion, but it very much happened. Were it a

OPINION: Some legislation in Juneau is like an electric toilet

Alaska Permanent Fund DividendMarch 31, 2025

Although the teachers would like this legislation, we cannot afford these extravagant giveaways. They aren’t financially possible right now without committing theft from every man, woman, and child in the

BOB BIRD: Alaska’s 3 branches of government converge on Road to Anarchy

FeaturedMarch 10, 2025

Let’s play baseball. Get out the rule book. Like most sports, it is packed not only with rules that are macro and fundamental, but also micro and nuanced. Rules change, and are done so by mutual agreement, because experience dictated the necessity. Thus, an

BOB BIRD: Gold could shape the future, as it has the past (Part 2)

FeaturedFebruary 28, 2025

I can’t tell you how prices might shake out if - and when - we return to a specie-based currency, but I can guarantee one thing: Gold rushes would return as part of Alaskan - and human -

WATCH: Dept. of Law attorneys say Alaska Supreme Court undercut grand jury’s ability to expose corrupt officials

Alaska CourtsFebruary 19, 2025

WATCH: Dept. of Law attorneys say Alaska Supreme Court undercut grand jury’s ability to expose govt.

OPINION: Only Congress has constitutional authority to impose tariffs

OpinionFebruary 15, 2025

Right from the start, let’s make the statement: No president has the authority to unilaterally impose tariffs. It is basic, iron-clad and obvious. Only Congress does. It is not even arguable. The Congressional Research Service typically makes an egregious

Trump gender-ID order is a call for Alaska to realign policies with biological reality

FeaturedJanuary 27, 2025

Trump's order aims to restore clarity in language, protect women’s rights, and realign Title IX to its original intent of safeguarding opportunities for females. For like Alaska, where gender ideology has deeply influenced schools, policies, and public

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