Yearly Archives: 2016
Bright, shiny objects: Voters went red, Grenn ‘endorsers’ distance themselves
PRIMARY VOTERS STICK WITH REPUBLICANS
The idea that Alaska is turning blue -- or even purple -- was disproved by the primary election. In 32 of the 40...
Mallott’s terrible, horrible, very bad, no good elections
ELECTION OVERSIGHT IS UNHOLY MESS
100 ballots cast in Shungnak? Fifty ballots cast, and then another 50. Exactly half went Republican and half went Democrat-Independence-Libertarian (the ADL ballot).
But...
Book Review: America the Strong
AMERICA THE STRONG: Conservative Ideas to Spark the Next Generation, by William J. Bennett and John T.E. Cribb.
Back to school season is here and...
Juneau: Assembly race will have more impact than presidential election
LOCAL RACES DESERVE ATTENTION
By WIN GRUENING
While many Alaskans have concentrated on national politics and party conventions, this is the time of year when we...
Bright, shiny objects: Palin, Trump, Coulter, Bernie
MANAFORT OVERBOARD
That Sarah Palin. She has a wicked sense of humor. After Donald Trump canned his campaign chair because of his squishy ties to Russia, Palin...
Explaining the one-vote, one-person system
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR FAILS HIS FIRST ELECTION
In all of Alaska, when voters go into the polling place, they are given just one ballot.
They get to vote a Republican...
Bright, shiny objects: Rescues, jobs, a missing precinct
FAMOUSLY GET STUCK, RESCUED JUST LIKE AN ALASKAN
FiveThirtyEight podcaster comes to Juneau. Gets stuck on mountain. Is rescued. Tweets about it: "It was quite...
Justice Sotomayor has left the building
POWERFUL, PROTECTED PUBLIC SERVANTS
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor arrived in Alaska earlier last week. She gave some speeches, met with some attorneys, had some rainy vacation time,...
Unbelievable: Byron Mallot declares election a success
BUSY WITH YUP'IK BALLOTS; NOT SO MUCH WITH BALLOT INTEGRITY
Lieutenant Gov. Byron Mallott visited three villages on primary election day, and he reported witnessing no real...
Voter fraud suspected in District 40
LT. GOV. BYRON MALLOT HAS SOME EXPLAINING TO DO
(This story has been updated at the end to reflect a working theory on how the...