OPINION: All of Alaska shouldn’t pay for Anchorage School District’s mismanagement
The Anchorage School District (ASD) is in financial trouble, and instead of taking responsibility, they’re demanding the rest of Alaska pay for it.
REP. MCCABE: It’s time to end taxpayer funding of partisan NPR media
Defunding NPR wouldn’t silence it; it would simply put it on the same playing field as every other media company. Let it earn its place in the market, not rely on taxpayers to keep it
NO NEED: State denies hospital’s plan to expand emergency care in Anchorage
Alaska’s Department of Health has, once again, denied an application by Alaska Regional Hospital to expand its emergency room department capacity in
BOB BIRD: Gold could shape the future, as it has the past (Part 2)
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 -
BOB BIRD: ‘We could use another gold rush’ (Part 1)
We could use another gold rush. Hey, there used to be so many of them. What
Trump gender-ID order is a call for Alaska to realign policies with biological reality
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
State report predicts Trump will boost Alaska oil/gas jobs, cut federal posts
A new report from the Alaska Dept. of Labor and Workforce Development predicts that the incoming Trump administration will benefit oil and gas jobs, while potentially reducing the large number of federal jobs across the
More death, fewer babies and out-migration expected to erode Alaska’s population
Alaska can look forward to far fewer babies and many more older people over the next quarter
Three sources of Marxism and its far-left outgrowth
The main theoretical sources of Marxism were (1) German classical philosophy, (2) English classical political economy and (3) French utopian socialism in combination with French revolutionary ideas and the practice of European
OPINION: From whence comes our salvation, amid this 2024 election mess?
The election of 2024 is an accurate reflection of American culture. There are so many cross-currents, so many moments where we yo-yo from hope to despair, and back again, that it is impossible to know what to expect. Donald Trump appears to be actively trying
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