Yearly Archives: 2016
The alt-left news picks its next battle with Amy Demboski
They were such a nice young couple. But in 2010, the FBI busted the two, who had been quietly living in King Salmon with one child and one...
Alaska’s electors face pressures to go rogue
Alaska's three Republican electors gather in Juneau on Dec. 19 to cast their official ballots for president. It's an exercise that will happen on...
How the bombing of Pearl Harbor shaped the Alaska Highway
It is 75 years since the Dec. 7, 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Alaskans, many of whom are a transient lot by nature, don't often...
Which Republican is vying for Alaska Governor’s Office
With the 2016 election behind us, and the Anchorage municipal election dead ahead, politicos in Alaska are looking around for the conservative who will...
How Mitch McConnell saved the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON, DC - Conservative Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan had some kind words to say about GOP "establishment guy" and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
Sullivan, sitting...
Federal permitting — a chance to reform
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. Don Young is holding forth, as he does. He's telling the story of an Alaska harbor master who wants to install...
Gillam could be moving up the list for Interior
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Alaska mega-investor Bob Gillam, who owns McKinley Capital Management, is in New York City today, and can probably be spotted at the...
Bright, shiny objects
NO BAG-LIMIT: There's no love lost between Muldoon Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux and her former supporters. This sign appeared in front of the Legislative Information...
Citizens United working well for Democrats
SUPREME COURT RULING USED MOST EFFECTIVELY BY THE LEFT IN ALASKA
Citizens United, a conservative group, brought a First Amendment lawsuit against the Federal Elections Commission in...
Cuba libre: After Fidel, what will Raul do?
RAUL CASTRO WAS NOT LARGER THAN LIFE. HE WAS HUNCHED OVER A BAR NAPKIN
I walked into the dining room on the sixth floor of...