Yearly Archives: 2018
Sullivan calls for split of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
'OUR COURTS ARE CLOGGED AND DYSFUNCTIONAL'
U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan is calling for the creation of a new court of appeals. He recently filed legislation...
Moving day: New office for Must Read Alaska
Dear Readers and Friends,
It's moving day.
Must Read Alaska has a new office, and it's in the same building as the Division of Elections, conveniently....
Sullivan to convene summit on crime
U.S. DRUG CZAR TO ATTEND
U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan today announced he will convene a second wellness summit on Aug. 17 in Anchorage, the focus of...
Walker climate change draft report calls for carbon taxes
ALASKA COULD BE FIRST STATE WITH CARBON TAX
The first several dozen pages of the Climate Action Leadership Team draft report, dated Friday, July 27,...
Enter the woman-hater
MISOGYNISTS UNITE
An Anchorage speedo-flaunting vaudevillian blogger, who last time we checked still worked for GBR Oilfield Services (Billy Reynolds, President), has gotten involved in a...
Three in running for Juneau mayor
Left to right, Saralyn Tabachnick, Norton Gregory, Beth Weldon
CAPITAL CITY FACES MAJOR POWER SHIFT
With Friday's announcement that Juneau Mayor Ken Koelsch is retiring from...
What Not to Wear, the District E edition
WHEN A CANDIDATE NEEDS A SLIGHT MAKEOVER
When going door-to-door in Palmer-Wasilla, open collar and tennis shoes are good, jeans are standard, but it's best not...
Virtue signaling and the plastic bag ban
By ALEX GIMARC
CONTRIBUTOR
Yet more virtue signaling is coming from our friends on the left, this time a proposed plastic bag ban in Anchorage.
Wasilla and...
Plastic bag ban: A local issue in Alaska, for now
IF PLASTIC BAGS HAVE FLAWS, TOTES HAVE DRAWBACKS TOO
The Anchorage Assembly is debating an issue that jurisdictions all over the world have already decided:...
When memes fail, the Philistine edition
It's hard to say where Gov. Bill Walker was going with his message, which presumably he approved. It was an attempt at a humorous...