Traditional marriage reveals God, and is still worth fighting for
“Same-sex couples, too, may aspire to the transcendent purposes of marriage and seek fulfillment in its highest meaning.” – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, 2015 in the decision Obergefell v Hodges Leading up to and following the 2015
Amid fake Christmas tree trend, Alaska urges families to ‘enjoy cutting’ a real one
While more than 80% of American households now opt for plastic Christmas trees that are largely made in Communist China, Alaskans are being encouraged to shoulder an axe and tromp onto state lands to chop down their
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,
OPINON: If Alaska doesn’t fix these 4 essentials we’re headed for a titanic crisis
The warning lights have been flashing for years, yet leadership keeps straightening the deck chairs on the Titanic rather than turning the wheel away from the iceberg. It is time to look squarely at the dangers ahead and take immediate, structural
A response to Sen. Yundt: ‘Endorsing’ the PFD is easy. Now what’s the plan?
I read State Sen. Rob Yundt’s PFD post with both appreciation and concern. I appreciate his support for a full, statutory dividend; Alaskans are better stewards of those dollars than 60 legislators. That’s consistent with our constitutional design:
BOB BIRD: False compassion leads to greater suffering
We suffer from false compassion - calling unnatural things, natural, and making a pitiable, yet treatable psychosis, into a “new
BOB BIRD: The Shroud of Turin is unifying Christians
Right now, the Shroud is at an all-time high point of
Gov. Dunleavy: Alaska’s traditional public schools are failing too many of our children
At the heart of this conversation is a simple but powerful truth: Alaska’s traditional public education system is failing too many of our children. State assessment data and national rankings reflect this reality. Alaskan parents, both in rural and urban
LEAKED: School-choice champ exposes NEA’s radical agenda for public schools
The National Education Association, which includes an estimated 11,000 Alaska educators, has a new radical, anti-Trump, anti-immigration enforcement, anti-parental rights and pro-LGBTQ agenda, which it will be working to advance in Alaska and across the
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