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OPINION: Coronavirus & self-imposed religious persecution

CultureMarch 16, 2020

Catholics are now experiencing an unprecedented event in their 2,000-year history: the suspension of Mass, imposed not by government health orders or by dictators but by their own timorous bishops and pope. Interdicts had been wielded over entire kingdoms in

Alaska’s public schools are in crisis – it’s time to end their monopoly

EducationJanuary 9, 2020

Last month the superintendents of seven Alaska school districts sent Governor Mike Dunleavy, a former teacher himself, a letter declaring that “Alaska’s students are presently in a reading achievement crisis.” Reading scores are low compared to national

ACLU resorts to public pressure prior to court date with Dunleavy

AbortionOctober 31, 2019

In the lead up to its Nov. 5 court date the ACLU of Alaska is attempting to drum up support for a lawsuit it filed against Governor Dunleavy veto of $334,700 from the Alaska Court System’s 2020 budget. The governor’s action came after the Alaska

OPINION: Activist judges rule supreme because we let them

CultureOctober 18, 2019

The “hierarchy of law” is an ancient concept that some laws are more important than others. In our rancorous and increasingly nonsensical political climate, everyone accepts this idea. Just which laws are more important than others, however, is where the

OPINION: Alaska unions need to scrap radical political activism

FreedomOctober 8, 2019

“Dunleavy’s attack on unions is an attack on all Alaskans,” or so read the Sept. 29 headline of an Anchorage Daily News commentary piece by union leader Jake Metcalfe, the executive director of the Alaska State Employees Association. The column was in

OPINION: Dunleavy’s move is needed first step to correcting Alaska’s courts

AbortionSeptember 18, 2019

As everyone knows, there are three co-equal branches to government: legislative, executive and judicial. Except they’re not. As in co-equal. Understanding correct constitutional principles is about as rare as finding an uncut diamond while walking the

Duplicate petition to repeal Alaska’s ranked-choice voting is pulled to avoid confusion in round 2 effort

FeaturedJanuary 13, 2025

Phil Izon, who spearheaded the effort to give Alaskans a chance to repeal ranked-choice voting in the November 2024 election, has decided to pull his second ballot measure aimed at taking out RCV. Ultimately, RCV survived by less than 1% of the vote. Since

Alaska’s Deep State – A report from the field

FeaturedNovember 15, 2024

The battle against the Deep State didn’t end with Trump’s election; it has only just

BOB BIRD: It’s time for Alaska to revive the ’90/10’ promise

FeaturedNovember 12, 2024

Because the most sensible argument against Alaskan statehood was our inability to pay for self-government, Congress crafted us a special gift: that oil, gas and coal revenues taken from federal properties would be split, not 50/50 as with the other states,

LOREN LEMAN: Pro-ranked-choice voting ads are shameful, deceptive and illegal

FeaturedOctober 7, 2024

No on 2 campaign is using our active military, retired veterans, firefighters and other first responders, people we love and respect, and invents things about how they are treated that are just not true. It’s hurtful. It’s shameful. It’s also against

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