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: Entrenched political interests dissuade AK lawmakers from living within our means
Over the past decade, Alaska’s Legislature has exhibited a pattern of fiscal behavior marked by spending growth, political expedience, and an unwillingness to impose measurable performance accountability on state
OPINION: Pro-Palestinian activism has become a far-left cult
“Pro-Palestinian activism” in the West has turned into an anti-Semitic, cult-like witch hunt. Indeed, it cares less about social progress than exerting punishment, harassment and violence. Ironically, its political activism is dressed up as moral
LAST GASP? Homer’s geriatric libs protest on Labor Day, as they head for extinction
Young people are rejecting the political left and returning to more traditional values. It appears that liberalism is a dying
Taking Back Alaska: From chronic bureaucratic dependency to earned liberty
In trying to reduce inequality, we have deepened the divide between state-managed existence and authentic opportunity. And in promising compassion, we have delivered
OPINION: How to stop GOP-betrayer Rep. Stutes from winning an AK State Senate seat
If Vance chooses to run for the Senate District C seat, she will stand a very good chance of winning. The fact that there has reportedly been some bad blood between Vance and Stutes, might be interpreted as a heavenly sign to Vance that she needs to get in
OPINION: Expensive funding bill won’t improve Alaska’s failing schools
House Bill 57 (HB 57) introduces targeted reforms to Alaska’s public education system, including smaller class sizes, increased vocational funding, and reading incentive grants. However, these measures fail to address the foundational problems plaguing
Legal battle resumes on fate of Alaska’s homeschool allotment program
As expected, the battle has resumed over whether Alaska’s growing homeschool population can utilize state-funded correspondence programs to access educational goods and services provided at private and religious entities. Last summer, the Alaska Supreme
Failing Fairbanks District set to shutter 5 schools as enrollment plummets
Facing rapidly declining enrollment, poor student test results and a growing number of families who have opted to leave standard public schooling for homeschool, the Fairbanks School District is set to permanently shutter five schools. The school board will
Hillsdale-sponsored event in Anchorage to explore unanswered questions from Jan. 6
On Jan. 22, Hillsdale College is sponsoring at talk at the Hotel Captain Cook in Anchorage that will focus on what we know and what we still need to find out about what happened at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. John Davidson, a senior editor at The
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