OPINION: Life experience is a writer’s greatest asset
Before writing, authors need to live a
Fairbanks Assemblywoman says colleagues and school board are skirting Open Meetings Act to raise taxes
Conservative Fairbanks Borough Assemblywoman Barbara Haney is claiming that liberal members of the school board and assembly are using a largely unknown ad hoc education committee to hatch critical and far-reaching legislation outside of the public
OPINION: Alaska judges allow prosecutors to mislead grand juries
OPINION: Alaska judges allow prosecutors to mislead grand
OPINION: ‘Monkey Trial’ launched the media’s war of science vs. religion
Ninety-eight years ago, the war between science and religion began in American culture in the small Tennessee town of Dayton, labeled “The Bible Belt” by scoffing secular media outlets, whose fictionalized pre-event script of the event was already being
Supreme Court rules web designer doesn’t have to create sites for same-sex ‘weddings’
In a 6-3 ruling, which appears to have implications for local laws in Alaska, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed that a Colorado web designer has the right to refuse to create websites for same-sex ‘weddings.’ Hailed as a victory for free speech, the case
Disgraced former Anchorage mayor joins drag queens and ‘sex geeks’ for pride parade
Shortly before the start of Anchorage’s June 24 LGBTQ “Pride Parade,” the disgraced former Mayor Ethan Berkowitz was seen hobnobbing with the parade’s drag queen MC, “Daphne.” The duo clasped hands as the dress-wearing man in heavy make up
All-ages Fairbanks tattoo fest features woman pierced and hung by meat hooks
The first-annual “all-ages” Fairbanks Tattoo Arts Festival featured an old pagan practice of jabbing massive flesh hooks into a young woman’s torso as she hung and swiveled from ropes attached to the rafters of the Carlson Center. Sponsored by Villain
St. Paul’s biblical letter reads like an op-ed on the madness of A.D. 2023
“Censorship! Fascism! You can’t arrest us! We have rights!” Such slogans have now become commonplace. A group of college Republicans or pro-lifers obtain a permit to display either bland images of crosses, with a sign that says, “Each cross represents
OPINION: Equipping Alaska’s Christians to engage, redeem and build culture
Editor’s note: The following article was written as a joint effort between Greg Schmidt, Frank Johnson and Gretchen Moreland. A few mornings ago, I woke up to a text from a friend who shared the following joke. “A priest, at rabbit and a minister walk
Losing faith? Covenant House now supports abortion, sexual ‘transition’ for homeless Alaska youth
Covenant House Alaska, which began as a Catholic outreach for Anchorage’s homeless and run-away youth – ages 13 to 24 – has rejected core moral tenets of its faith-based roots in favor of facilitating abortions, imposing strict LGBTQ mandates on
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