OPINION: Alaska’s new Grand Jury ‘process’ helps hide government corruption
On August 18, Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor gave a town hall presentation in Soldotna to supposedly “restore public confidence in the system,” and defend his new “process” in which he is the “gatekeeper” to Alaska’s Grand
OPINION: Neither Trump nor Elon can correct our moral collapse
Whatever Musk does with his new party, whatever recruits he can attract with his own money, it will ultimately fail because he cannot see the forest for the trees that get in the
OPINION: Why I’m voting to recall Palmer Mayor Steve Carrington
My greatest concern is that Mayor Carrington has yet to even acknowledge or express regret for hiring Mr. Jellie or for what his actions caused. He has instead placed guilt in every other
OPINION: School choice is the path forward for Alaska’s students
The Anchorage School District (ASD) is in financial trouble, and instead of taking responsibility, they’re demanding the rest of Alaska pay for it.
OPINION: Murkowski’s ‘serious’ test for Trump AG pick strains credulity
When Senator Lisa Murkowski, the woman who famously inherited her Senate seat from her father, dismisses Trump’s latest AG choice as “not a serious nomination,” it’s a masterclass in irony, so rich that it should come with a health
OPINION: Urban planners erode original intent of our nation’s highway funds
Bicycles and mass transit were not then, and should not be now, incorporated into what is arguably defense-oriented legislation and
AK conference equips librarians to thwart parental objections to drag queens and sexualized youth books
Drag queens, gender-fluidity, sex-themed youth books and difficulties with conservative parents were prominent topics at the annual Alaska Library Association’s conference late last month in Fairbanks. Community and school librarians gathered from across
Should Anchorage students get to skip school for ‘mental health’ holidays?
Allowing students to skip school when they feel the need for a mental health holiday is an emerging trend across a number of states throughout the country. The idea is to let kids forgo schooling in order to rest and recreate if they feel stressed out,
OPINION: Cargo Cults & Lisa Murkowski
During the Pacific battles of World War II, many island nations, including Fiji, the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea experienced radical, life altering changes as the largest war ever fought by technologically advanced superpowers took place literally in
An open letter to Alaska’s lame duck governor – USE YOUR POWER!
What have you got to lose, governor? Will they start a new recall effort? A lame duck executive can do a lot, and can show what the Left ought to fear, far more than the beginning of a governor’s new
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