Confusing art bespeaks of a meaningless existence
In today’s degenerating western culture, all that is beautiful is being destroyed. This is not an accident of human emotion but is the culmination of a process that began when? At the fall of Adam? The Hebrew captivity to Babylon? The fracturing of
Alaska parents fear dangers of increased screen time amid COVID-19
Despite many more hours of free time, warming spring temperatures and increased sunshine, Alaska kids are getting less physical activity and spending more time with video games, smart phones and streaming movies. Alaska’s not alone. Nationally parent
Fairbanks school board to vote on radical shift in education
After months of opposition, hundreds of emails and many hours of public testimony, the Fairbanks School Board will finally vote on whether to approve a fundamental shift in education, which includes adding controversial LGBTQ courses in area schools. The
Fairbanks makes final push to include LGBTQ ideology in schools
It’s been a long and contentious road, marked by unprecedented community resistance, hundreds of letters and many hours of public testimony, but the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District is pushing ahead with recommendations that the school board
The sad, bizarre state of Alaska’s government schools
Earlier this month the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District published the final draft of its new policies on transgender students. It was going to be presented officially on March 17, but with the COVID-19 panic the meeting was canceled. It remains to
Fairbanks School Board to hear LGBT course plan
The Fairbanks North Star School District will hold its previously scheduled meeting which includes a presentation on the school district’s plan to weave controversial LGBTQ books, materials and themes into high school courses. While the board and
Fairbanks forges ahead with plan to expose students to LGBT classes
The Fairbanks North Star School District is undaunted in its effort to weave LGBTQ books, materials and themes into high school courses. Despite months of community feedback and public testimony, the Fairbanks Curriculum Advisory Committee voted March 5 to
For better or worse: Bills that impact traditional family values in Alaska
The Alaska Watchman is keeping a close eye on the Alaska Legislature this session in order to alert Alaskans of measures that impact parental rights, sex education, abortion, religious liberty, human sexuality, education, marriage and family law, pornography
Alaska parents have rights when schools push LGBT agenda
In 1978, the Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA), otherwise known as the Hatch Amendment was passed after parents were shocked and outraged to learn that trusted teachers were using the classroom for therapy instead of education. Teachers pried into the private
House marginalizes Alaska’s social conservatives, empowers liberals
Despite a majority of Republicans in both houses of the Alaska Legislature, bills intended to promote pro-life laws, parental rights, religious liberty and restrictions on pornography and sex-education in schools are not likely to land on Gov. Mike
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