OPINION: Jones Act is a century-old anchor dragging Alaska’s economy under water
The Jones Act is economic colonialism under a different name. Washington, D.C., Washington State, and entrenched special interests grow rich while Alaska pays the
OPINION: More hypocrisy from Alaska’s dying mainstream media
If the Alaska Press Club was truly concerned about preserving the Constitutional rights of others, they would have spoken out loudly when these obvious First Amendment violations occurred, and yet they said nothing. Instead, they are attacking a member of our
OPINION: Ditch frozen nuggets and feed Alaska students from a Northern Harvest table
Northern Harvest Table is practical, culturally grounded, and economically sound. It’s about feeding Alaska’s kids real food - grown, caught, and prepared right here at
OPINION: How politicians turned Alaska’s PFD into a hidden head tax
This is not the fiscal discipline of a free state. It is the quiet reappearance of corporate government. This is the very structure that the American Revolution and Alaska’s Constitution sought to
Alaska Public Media CEO defends leftist content, but claims PBS and NPR aren’t as bias as conservatives say
Alaska Public Media head responds to claims that NPR and PBS push leftist content while marginalizing conservative
OPINION: Two Homer meetings reveal stark liberal/conservative divide
Two recent meetings illustrate the political divide in Homer, AK, and in our country. On one side, liberals want to continue to run things their way and are angry with those who disagree. On the other side, conservatives are abandoning failed policies of the
OPINION: Alaska GOP must reflect values of growing conservative young-adult base
Alaska's GOP should resist the temptation to moderate its pro-family, pro-faith platform in an attempt to appeal to young voters broadly. The data demonstrate that young Trump supporters already embrace family-oriented values rooted in religious conviction;
OPINION: Asleep at the wheel, the coming Trainwreck
I have a first-grader as well as two grown children. My evening time, after I flop down exhausted from owning and managing a marketing company in the process of moving offices, while also being engaged in the affairs and management of the Alaska Watchman,
OPINION: Conservatives cannot long endure without affirming The King
If the Republican Party is to offer a meaningful alternative to the moral collapse of modern progressivism, it must recover a political vision grounded in the present authority of Christ. This is not a call for theocracy, but for clarity.
OPINION: Lessons learned from Homer, Alaska’s angry echo-chamber ‘No Kings’ protest
They must have forgotten that conservatives held their own “No Kings” protest; only we held it last November 5th at the ballot box. We elected President Trump to do exactly what he is
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