Yearly Archives: 2021
Felix Rivera uses ballot as a campaign brochure to avoid his recall
While the Recall Rivera campaign was limited by the Anchorage Municipality to focus its ballot sponsor statement on the narrow substance of its legal...
Chinese diplomats diss Anchorage and U.S. as a world power during tense day of meetings at Captain Cook Hotel
The first day of diplomatic meetings between China and the Biden Administration were contentious, but China got its message across: It no longer considers...
Senator Sullivan is on track for Alaska
By BOB BELL
I have read several letters to the editor in the Anchorage Democrat Daily News demonizing Sen. Dan Sullivan for being a Republican Party...
Anchorage Assembly sets schedule to spend $100 million from American Rescue Plan Act
The Anchorage Assembly is preparing to receive what it believes will be roughly $100 million from the American Rescue Plan, and has established a...
Win Gruening: The State of the Union is a needed American tradition
“Well done is better than well said.”- Benjamin Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1737
By WIN GRUENING
Polarization and divisiveness continue to define our politics, yet Americans...
Reclaim Midtown: How did we get here in Anchorage? Through repression of dissent
By RECLAIM MIDTOWN
For anyone paying attention over the last 10 months, it’s clear the Anchorage Assembly meetings have become an absurd caricature of democracy,...
What does Dunbar mean when he says he wants the city ‘back on track’?
By ANCHORAGE DAILY PLANET
We noted with more than a little interest a headline over a story about Anchorage Assemblyman and mayoral candidate Forrest Dunbar...
Delta adding Alaska flights for summer
Alaskans finding fewer flights in and out of hub airports in the state will have more choices starting May 5, when Delta Airlines brings...
Craig Campbell: My choice for mayor is Dave Bronson
By CRAIG E. CAMPBELL
In case you hadn’t noticed, it’s election time again in Anchorage. This current mayoral election will determine if Anchorage has really turned...
Anchorage School District plunges into ‘critical race theory’ with racism reading list
The Anchorage School District's new "Equity and Compliance Office" has posted a reading list online that contains books with partisan anti-Republican rhetoric, as the...