Gas prices soaring again in Alaska and across U.S.
In direct contradiction with President Joe Biden’s recent comments, the average price of gas in America – including Alaska – is actually going back up. Last Friday, Biden boasted on live television about a three-month decline in gas prices. “Guess
Direct Primary Care can empower patients & cut Alaska’s health care costs
By Aubrey Wursten – Alaska Policy Forum Alaska consistently suffers from the highest health care spending per capita of any state. Multiple factors contribute to this problem, but easing Alaska’s restrictions on direct primary
Gas will cost just $2.38/gallon for two hours in Anchorage on Aug. 9
As part of a national campaign to highlight the Biden Administration’s policies that have driven up the price of gas, the Alaska chapter of Americans For Prosperity (AFP) is dropping the price at the pump on Aug. 9. “We’ll be dropping the price of fuel
OPINION: Violation of Grand Jury rights poses constitutional crisis for Alaska
Article 1, Section 8 of the Alaska Constitution states: “The power of grand juries to investigate and make recommendations concerning the public welfare or safety shall never be suspended.” Most Alaskans would never believe that our judicial
Why no uplifted crosses and prayers amid our convoys and protests?
We see that, for the time being, at least, violence and tyranny have won in Ottawa. The paid minions of the Deep State have obeyed a pansy dictator. “Just following orders,” a line from the defeated Nazis at the Nuremburg Trials, has been the mantra for
With rising Russia tensions, we must draw from the past
Who was responsible for post-war tensions between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.? Were they primarily a result of the Soviets’ mistrust of a perceived intent on the part of the Allies to establish a “New World Order” and act as policeman of the world? The
12.20 > Healthcare costs are exploding
In a recent commentary, I pointed out the shift in focus among hospitals from refuges for the sick and injured into profit centered extraction chambers that almost omit a sucking sound as you walk through the sliding doors… but it’s probably just the
Anchorage Assembly says it can reimpose mask mandates if it so chooses
The far-left majority of the Anchorage Assembly finally agreed to lift its controversial citywide mask mandate on Dec. 7, but warned that it remains open to additional mandates in the future. Following two weeks of public outcry against a proposed mask
Despite COVID closures, Alaska education spending grows
Despite widespread school closures, declining enrollment and many more students learning from home, or private schools, education spending in Alaska actually increased in 2020, according to a new report from the U.S. Census. Alaska spent more money in 2020 on
Dunleavy rejects media calls to impose mask and vaccine mandates, urges cooperation
Gov. Mike Dunleavy held a Sept. 22 press conference in which he fielded a barrage of questions from reporters asking why he won’t implement masking and vaccine mandates as well as other restrictions on society to deal with COVID. The governor admitted that
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