Returning to sound money: Why gold and silver matter for Alaska’s future
For too long, we have relied on a paper system detached from reality, a fiat currency that can be printed at will and diluted through inflation. We can see this in the current price of gold. Gold is not going up in value; it just takes more dollars to buy an
A Boom without Beds: Alaska’s coming windfall has a looming blind spot
Alaska workers who live elsewhere don’t invest in local communities. They don’t build generational stability, buy homes, send their children to local schools, or keep their paychecks circulating through local businesses beyond their per diem
It’s official – Mat-Su College Turning Point USA chapter launches Oct. 21
A trio of young-adult siblings, Hudson, Wilson and Ainsley Ladd, founded the local chapter, and they are encouraging the wider public to attend any of the chapter meetings at Mat-Su College. The inaugural meeting will be Oct. 21, 6-7:30 p.m. in Snodgrass
Savvy Alaska farmers may plow a way for genuine Alaska food security
Left to their own devices, a few savvy farmers are making quite a success story, which might pilot the way for a renewed effort at Alaskan food
Alaskans urged to ‘Stand for Freedom – Speak without Fear’ at summit on Covid, health, school choice
Hundreds of independent minded, freedom-loving Alaskans attended the Oct. 11 Alaskans 4 Personal Freedom conference to learn how to resist oppressive medical mandates, overcome big pharma’s war on Ivermectin and alternative medicine, take control of their
Alaska high court to decide if non-doctors can kill unborn babies with chemicals
Alaska’s largest abortion business if facing mounting difficulties in finding local doctors who will agree to perform abortions. To remedy this, Planned Parenthood is hoping the Alaska Supreme Court will overturn a state law that requires chemical
REP. MCCABE: Alaska must dismantle & rebuild our failing school system to serve parents, kids
Alaska's education system has been hijacked by powerful teachers unions and their political allies, who treat education as a taxpayer-funded business. They lobby relentlessly for bigger budgets while resisting parental
A month after Kirk’s murder, Turning Point proliferates across Alaska schools
Conservative youth across Alaska are bolder and more inspired than ever to launch or join Turning Point USA (TPUSA) chapters at their college campus or local high
OPINION: Bureaucrat-heavy education funding task force sidelines Alaska parents and kids
If Alaska's Task Force on Education Funding is going to work, parents and students need a seat at the
OPINION: To pay a full PFD we must name the cuts & untangle Alaska budgetary knots
If you want a larger PFD without risking the Fund, you must either (a) name the cuts (and the lost federal matches), (b) name the new revenues, or (c) change the rules (and defend the long-term consequences). If you want stable services without shrinking the
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