How to bring Alaska back from the brink
This past year of forced isolation, caused by an overly oppressive government reaction to COVID, crippled our economy and quashed our spirit of independence. We have become a submissive society, relinquishing our independence to government socialist control.
St. Patrick’s Day and the Irish descendants of Alaska
With more than 31.5 million Americans claiming some degree of Irish ancestry, Saint Patrick’s Day remains one of the most celebrated holidays in America. In typical years there are large celebrations and parades in major cities like New York and Chicago to
Conference will train AK librarians to advance radical identity politics
If the topics and speakers for the upcoming Alaska Library Association Conference are any indication, local librarians are being strategically trained and recruited to advance a litany of hard-left cultural and political aims. The Alaska Library Association
Anchorage libraries continue rapid transformation into bastions of leftist ideology
Libraries across Anchorage will continue their rapid transformation as local epicenters against so-called systemic racism, white privilege and social inequity. They will also expand their self-proclaimed role as champions of LGBTQ diversity and inclusion.
AK Senate Judiciary to hear from leading conservatives on ‘history of pandemics,’ COVID court cases
Senate Judiciary Chair Lora Reinbold will preside over a meeting today (Feb. 24) that is sure to address controversies about how governments have dealt with COVID over the past year – both through controversial COVID mandates and last-minute changes to
Prof. Haycox makes a mockery of states’ rights in Alaska – it’s time for a public debate
I grow weary of “The Court Historian of the Anchorage Daily News,” Prof. Stephen Haycox. Alaskans have observed his Leftism spewing forth with unlimited and unchallenged regularity. The damage done through his columns and books is incalculable, serving
Fans of interstellar travel, badminton, roller derby and LGBT activists enjoy Anchorage CARES Act funds
Groups advocating for interstellar space travel, extreme badminton, banning guns and advancing LGBTQ activism are among the hundreds of organizations to benefit from federal CARES Act funds distributed by Anchorage. According to the municipal website, it has
Anchorage libraries get pushback on program aimed at framing America as racist
A controversial plan by the Anchorage Public Library system to push the idea that America is a racist nation from the ground up is receiving community pushback. Library Director Mary Jo Torgeson noted as much during her monthly report which will be discussed
Anchorage libraries hosting 2021 events that cast America as racist at heart
The radical woke agenda of Anchorage area libraries will be on full display this year as the publicly funded institution begins a community-wide program for adults and children which consists of reading and discussing a book that claims America was founded
Anchorage residents to protest latest shutdown at Dec. 8 Assembly meeting
With much of Anchorage back in lockdown mode after the latest emergency order issued by Acting Mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson, area residents are planning to voice their opposition at the upcoming Anchorage Assembly meeting. A notice of the Dec. 8 protest is
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