Anchorage election official defends vote-by-phone policy after NYT raises concerns
Anchorage’s top election official is attempting to defend the city’s novel vote-by-phone policy, after a Nov. 13 New York Times article highlighted concerns and criticisms with the controversial mobile voting
OPINION: Government shutdown highlights need to privatize how we help the poor
Nobody can deny that our country should be compassionate to poor people who need food assistance; however, the government shutdown has illuminated that there is a large amount of fraud and waste in these programs intended to help
BOB BIRD: How the radical left threatens our Union
We are on the cusp of a true civil war, one that has quite possibly been patiently orchestrated by human and demonic
BOB BIRD: Trump’s tug-o-war with spoiled judicial branch is long overdue
“John Marshall has made his decision, now let him try to enforce it.” — Andrew Jackson “… the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the Government upon vital questions affecting the whole people is to be irrevocably fixed by
Anchorage Pro-life march alters route to avoid sled dog race
Pro-life advocates in Anchorage plan to hold the second annual Anchorage March for Life on Saturday, Feb. 22, to advance pro-life efforts across the city and throughout
OPINION: Texas & Alaska: Unilateral v. Peaceful Secession – Part 2
A state can do anything it wants that is not specifically prohibited. Thus, while the scholars pretend that the Constitution is silent on secession, they want to ignore the very part of the Constitution wherein the right is actually
OPINION: Unfathomable mysteries shroud the Titanic’s latest victims
The oceans of the world are a great mystery, and within them are many dead: most were lost at sea, some were buried at sea. When one visits the battleship Arizona at Pearl Harbor, it is a place of respectful and awesome silence, much like at the Tomb of the
OPINION: Alaska’s aging patients need more choices, not less
GUEST COLUMN: By Jaimie Cavanaugh and Daryl James (Institute for Justice) Alaska hospitals have a problem: The population is aging, and older patients need more care than they can afford. The strain will increase when Alaska Regional Senior Health Clinic
School Board silences Anchorage dad for objecting to anal sex book in student libraries
The Anchorage School District has no business giving minor children books that tell them how to have anal sex and create their own online porn. This is the message that concerned father and local educational advocate, Jay McDonald, tried to relay to the
Outside billionaires attempt to sway Alaskans into backing Murkowski
Sen. Lisa Murkowski is benefiting from massive contributions via Lower-48 billionaires who hope to influence Alaskans into voting for the 21-year incumbent this November. Multi-national hedge fund tycoon Ken Griffin is one of several wealthy individuals
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