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OPINION: Humor is a welcome cure in a troubled world
In today’s a socially divided and politically tense world, a touch of humor is a cure for peaceful reconciliation and social justice; a small perfection is in the people’s doable reach rather than a hypothetical perfect World in the uncertain
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Sen. Murkowski claims she’d prefer ‘no label’ to ‘Republican’
I’m not attached to a label. I’d rather be that ‘no label’ … and I’m totally good and comfortable with that," Murkowski said. "In fact, I think I’m more comfortable with that identity than an identity as a Republican, as a party
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OPINION: How to weaponize ranked-choice against 16 AK lawmakers
RCV gives Alaskans a unique tool to use against the Democrats and their Vichy Republican collaborators to regain control of our state legislature.
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Alaska’s UAF Fairbanks reports spike in campus rapes
Since 2016, there have been a total of 67 reported rapes (8.4 annually) at UAF, with 61 of those (91%) occurring in on-campus student housing. See data from 2016-2020 here and
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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
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OPINION: It’s time to weaponize Alaska’s ranked-choice voting
Political parties could weaponize RCV against their opponents if they want to act strategically. Let me explain how this might
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11.27 > On Troglodytes and Blockchains
The responses to my last video about the Division of Elections have been interesting to me. The biggest surprise was the number of people asking me to run for Lt Governor, however Ranked Choice voting did away with that race. It’s a flattering sentiment
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EDITORIAL: Gov. Dunleavy must summon strength to resist leftist AK Legislature
It's time for Gov. Mike Dunleavy to gather strength, shake off the dust of these past defeats and rediscover his fighting
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OPINION: Murkowski’s insistence on FBI vetting of Trump picks is part of Deep State resistance
Sen. Murkowski wants to force Trump to rely on the FBI for background checks before she will support nominees. That's like requiring the mafia to approve all new bank tellers before they are
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CALL TO ACTION: We can’t let another newborn Alaskan die on the street
Many people can't understand how a mother could just leave her baby alone and in the cold, exposed to the