Alaska in 2023: Trends, predictions and prescriptions
Editor’s note: This article is adapted from a talk given for the Valley Republican Women of Alaska’s Jan. 19 meeting in Wasilla. I want to address a few major trends and developments in Alaska as they relate to our population, education and political
LGBTQ activists want 13-year-old Alaskans to attend drag queen performance/fundraiser
Identity Inc, which promotes cross sex surgeries and puberty blockers for gender confused youth, is offering scholarships to get young teens – 13 years and up – to attend its upcoming fundraiser in Anchorage. One of the most controversial and well-funded
Alaskans urged to protest against Supreme Court’s violation of citizen grand jury rights
Nearly 100 Mat-Su residents turned out for an explosive presentation accusing the Alaska Supreme Court of violating the constitutional rights of citizen grand juries. The Jan. 9 talk by longtime judicial watchdog David Haeg included a call for attendees to
Sit-ins to protest Alaska Supreme Court’s interference with grand jury investigations of corrupt judges
A rapidly growing and politically active judicial watchdog organization claims the Alaska Supreme Court has unconstitutionally changed the rules governing grand juries, which effectively blocks the ability of citizen grand juries to investigate and indict
State of Alaska works with nonprofits to train teens to be woke activists
The annual LeadOn conference, which targets 13-to 17-year-olds, took place this past weekend at Embassy Suites in Anchorage. Youth applied to attend the three-day event, Nov. 11-13, and sat through various workshops focused on sexuality, gender identity and
Weeks before Alaska’s Covid jab rollout, Dr. Zink admitted ‘we just don’t have the safety data’
A November 2020 email thread obtained by the Watchman shows that Alaska’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Anne Zink admitted, just weeks before the rollout of the experimental Covid jabs, that she did not have enough data to be able to weigh in, one way or
Second Fairbanks middle school sparks controversy over LGBTQ offerings
After it was discovered that Fairbanks’ Randy Smith Middle School was preparing to launch an explicitly LGBTQ “explorations” class for 6th-8th grade students during academic instruction time, the school quickly changed the description of the class and
Anchorage gender/sexuality discussion series back by popular demand
The summer series on gender and sexuality, hosted by Wisdom Apologetics, is being extended due to popular demand, the group said. Over the past few months, Alaskans have gathered in Anchorage to discuss the harmful errors of gender-queer theory and how to
Alaska correctional officers forced to take training in LGBTQ activism
Last year, Alaska’s Department of Corrections (DOC) officers were ordered to take a two-hour mandatory course that instructs them on how to aggressively promote and disseminate radical LGBTQ social and political ideals across the DOC system. This past
AK Humanities Forum’s exclusion of whites undercuts its inclusivity pledge
The Alaska Humanities Forum website boasts of being a diverse and inclusive organization “committed to designing and hosting programs that include people of all identities.” That said, the nonprofit is hosting a presentation in August, which intentionally
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