OPINION: Alaska Ed. Funding Task Force was bought before it began
Alaska’s Education Funding Task Force hasn’t even finished its coffee, and the outcome is already written. When every seat at the table is filled by state legislators bankrolled by the same education unions whose interests they’re supposed to
OPINION: Alaska education bureaucracy invokes ‘hungry children’ to justify double dipping
Few subjects can shut down a budget discussion faster than feeding kids. It’s the rhetorical trump card of education politics - invoke “hungry children,” and any criticism of fiscal waste is branded cruel. But compassion isn’t the same thing as
OPINION: Radical language wars serve leftist agenda in Alaska and beyond
Controlling the dictionary is more powerful than controlling Congress, because it decides who sounds reasonable before a single vote is
OPINION: Trump, war and the role of religion in America
Give it up, Donald. We voted for you to keep us OUT of wars, and all of yours have been, of course,
OPINION: Deceptive name by liberal Alaska media undercuts ‘Seward’s Folly’ blog
The new "The Seward Folly" website confuses readers with a very similar sounding name to the established conservative blog "Seward's Folly." This is deceptive and it confuses potential
OPINION: Alaska education lobby evades real reform with ‘Evidence-Based’ talisman
Every time Alaska’s education bureaucracy finds itself cornered by poor results, it reaches for a familiar escape hatch: “evidence-based.” It’s the talisman that turns spending requests into
OPINION: New leftist playbook aims to destroy America with promise of ‘more democracy’
Every socialist from Lenin to Obama started with the promise of “more democracy” before seizing power; this report is the 2020s version of the same
OPINION: Are Alaska’s latest reading reforms another flash in the educational pan?
This is the fundamental problem with Alaska’s approach: we implement pieces of successful reforms and then act surprised when the results never materialize. Structured literacy isn’t a one-time course correction - it’s an
OPINION: From Alaska Press to Mark Levin, free speech attacks reek of double standard
There is a reason for free speech, and it is to protect the rights of everyone, even those we disagree with. In this time of great political division in this country, we need people who are willing to speak freely and brave enough to withstand the negative
OPINION: Irreconcilable ethnic rivalry is not a predetermined fate
Conflicts based on unmet human needs - such as security, identity, dignity, and recognition - cannot be resolved through simple
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