Monthly Archives: May, 2021
We stand against anti-Semitism and hate
By ANCHORAGE DAILY PLANET
There is something particularly loathsome about cowards who slink around in the night defacing property with racist or anti-Semitic scrawls or...
6.1 earthquake rattles Southcentral
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake that hit just before 11 pm on Sunday, May 30 in the Talkeetna Mountains was felt around the region and...
Pebbled: The environmentalist who cries ‘Wolf!’ is louder than the scientific process
By MARK HAMILTON
(Editor’s note: This is the seventh in a series by Mark Hamilton about the history of the Pebble Project in Alaska.)
As Alaskans,...
CDC: Fishing crews must still wear masks
In spite of pleas from Sen. Lisa Murkowski and others, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Coast Guard still say that...
Jamie Allard: Memorial Day – Bearing witness to the sacrifice of fallen warriors
By JAMIE ALLARD
It is our most solemn day of the year: Memorial Day, a time to remember those who died while in active military...
Kamala Harris says ‘Enjoy the long weekend, while Joe Biden says ‘Stay cool’
By SUZANNE DOWNING
America's own vice president missed the point of Memorial Day weekend by a mile when she tweeted on Saturday, "Enjoy the long...
Biden budget supports federally funded abortion by ignoring Hyde Amendment
President Joe Biden’s $6 trillion spending proposal did not include any acknowledgement of the Hyde Amendment, which since the 1976 has kept elective abortions...
Recall Dunleavy data breach: Names, signatures, drivers license info revealed from petitions being mishandled
The Recall Dunleavy Committee has released names, drivers' license numbers and signatures of some of their petition sponsors.
The committee, in an email to...
No, state pink slips will not go out June 1
The Alaska Legislature is not going to finish its work on the State of Alaska budgets before the end of the month, and without...
Anchorage muni clerk insults election observers as Washington Post picks up the story and blames Bronson volunteers
For Anchorage election workers, this month’s mayoral runoff was like no other, according to the Washington Post.
That much is true, but not informative:...