Municipal Attorney: Anchorage mayor’s new order doesn’t apply to churches
In imposing his latest COVID-19 mandate Mayor Ethan Berkowitz’s emergency order made no mention of religious entities. According to July 24 email Municipal Attorney Kathryn Vogel, however, churches are still under a previous order in which gatherings of 500
Finding offense with the perpetually offended
There is an apt phrase seen on bumper-stickers: “Tolerance has become Intolerable.” The culture of victimization has T-boned its way into our lives. There are endless yammerings about racism, sexism, patriarchy, slavery and newly minted words like
First-time candidate challenges Alaska’s Senate president
At 58, Roger Holland’s first stab at public office is to run against one of the most powerful politicians in the Alaska Legislature – Senate President Cathy Giessel. In vying for Giessel’s District N seat in Anchorage, Holland said he wants to bring a
Despite public defiance, Berkowitz set to mandate masks across Anchorage
After the Anchorage Assembly twice refused to order residents to wear masks, Mayor Ethan Berkowitz has decided to take matters into his own hands and use his ongoing emergency powers to demand mask wearing across the municipality. “There is disregard for
Program equips Alaskans to promote Judeo-Christian values in the public square
“We live in a culture that is at best morally indifferent. A culture in which Judeo-Christian values are mocked and where immorality in high places is not only ignored but even rewarded in the voting booth. A culture in which violence, banality, meanness,
Why a morally imperfect president still has my vote
“The fourth rule is: Make the enemy live up to their own book of rules. You can kill them with this, but they can no more obey their own rules than the Christian church can live up to Christianity.” (Saul Alinsky, Rules for Radicals, 1971). This rule is
Despite fraud concern, Mat-Su to consider mail-in only voting for 2020
Despite concerns about the security and integrity of mail-in only voting, the Mat-Su Borough Assembly will consider a resolution at its June 2 meeting to halt in-person voting for the 2020 regular election this fall. Assembly Members Dan Mayfield and Tam
Alaska right to reject vulnerable mail-in-only voting
Lieutenant Gov. Kevin Meyer is right to reject pressure to enact a mail-in-only voting system for Alaska during COVID-19. Despite assurances that widespread mail-in voting is secure, the data simply does not bear this out. A new detailed report on mail-in
Protesters rally for reopening as Anchorage mayor announces plan
The blare of protesting horns echoed through downtown Anchorage as hundreds of cars rolled past city hall and the offices of Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz on April 22. Alaskans struggling to maintain their livelihoods under city and statewide health
Alaska reports 1,270 babies killed by abortion in 2019
There are no press releases, live-streamed media conferences or glossy websites to report the number of unborn babies killed through abortion each year in Alaska. Instead, these deaths are quietly posted in an obscure section of the Alaska Department of
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