OPINION: Alaska’s next governor must channel the ‘can-do’ spirit of Joe Spenard
Alaska’s next governor needs to be willing to take on the establishment by channeling the spirit of Joe Spenard. The governor should be willing to ignore the naysayers and the obstacles being put in their way in order to accomplish great
UAA’s new College of Health dean is a former senior CDC official who marched in lockstep with Dr. Fauci
The new head of the College of Health for the University of Alaska Anchorage is a divisive national figure who marched in lockstep with Dr. Anthony Fauci to push a wide array of controversial Covid protocols such as universal masking, shuttering churches,
OPINION: When a writer’s courage against anti-Semitism shook a nation
It really is surprising how silent most Jews seem, today, about all the widespread antisemitism sweeping the United States and Europe. In fact, Juneau’s synagogue does not seem unusual in that respect. I don’t see how today’s politics cannot be
OPINION: Why America provoked and prolongs Russia-Ukraine war
Thirty-five years ago this spring, Mikhail Gorbachev, then President of the Soviet Socialist Republic, was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Humanities from the University of Alaska Southeast. Then-UAS Chancellor Marshall Lind invited Soviet Ambassador Yuri
BOB BIRD: Holy Shroud and Holy Week
Only God could leave us his photograph, implanted on linen, and in the medium of a photographic negative. As Lord of Time, only he could reach his loving hand across the centuries to blast our layers of complacency away, in our age that worships anything and
Alaska Supreme Court grills plaintiffs’ attorney in high stakes homeschool allotment challenge
In a high stakes case to decide the fate of Alaska’s homeschooling allotment program, the Alaska Supreme Court, on June 27, heard arguments for and against the state funded program that allows families to receive reimbursement funds for expenses related to
Denali National Park bridge crew ordered to stop flying American flags
According to the contractor, Denali National Park Superintendent Brooke Merrell contacted the man overseeing the federal highways project, claiming there had been complaints about the U.S. flags, and notifying him that the bridge workers were no longer
Ruling against homeschool expenditures may threaten the Alaska Performance Scholarship
While the state is challenging Superior Court Judge Adolf Zeman’s ruling, the rationale behind his opinion threatens another state-funded program that allows students to spend scholarship money at private and religious colleges throughout
OPINION: The Eaglexit Opportunity
Plato announced some 400 years before Christ, “The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.” Some 24 centuries later, with the present rancor of a decaying social fabric, false revisions to our historic memories
Homesteading Alaska: Historical necessity & modern enthusiasm
Growing up on a Homestead in Alaska felt normal. Doesn’t everyone have their grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins spread out evenly down an old homestead road? A childhood like mine was atypical in the 1980s and 90s in the Mat-Su Valley as homesteading
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