Come speak out and tell your Anchorage legislators that your kids deserve every advantage, and that Governor Palin was wrong in rejecting a third of the money that is Alaska’s Fair Share! Loussac Library Lawn on the corner of Denali and 36th, 9:30am TODAY! Dress warm, bring signs, or just bring yourself and your kids and friends!

Well, it’s been quite an evening. It was Friday night, and I suppose I was in need of a little adrenaline rush, a little tiptoe into the dark side, a little plunge into the belly of the beast. It’s been a while since I infiltrated a Republican event, and I am happy to report that [...]

That’s right, Anchorage area Mudflatters, it’s RALLY TIME!  Tomorrow morning, Anchorage Legislators are having a meeting at the Loussac Library.  All those who want to encourage the Legislature to accept the federal stimulus money for Alaska, come join other like-minded people at the rally. Saturday, March 21 outside the Loussac Library  9:30am Dress Warm!  Bring [...]

Senator Begich is in Anchorage, and just finished up a press conference. He’s not happy with the governor’s rejection of stimulus money and reminds us that other Republican Governors, like Arnold Schwartzenneger of California will gladly take stimulus money rejected by other states. We deserve the money allocated to us. We don’t need to give [...]

Another update from Nunam Iqua!! Well let’s see since I last did an update Nunam Iqua Food Drive has received over 620 lbs of food!! We sorted and distributed it to 31 needy families here in Nunam. The boxes came from… 4 boxes from New York , New York (LOL my fingers almost got ahead [...]

Greetings to you my fair and noble Mudflatters! Fear not my good friends. For thy Attorney General which once was, hath not slipped away ne’er to be seen again. He hast now, retooled his ambitions political, and ridden forth from shame and scandalous doings upon a new steed.  He comes as the sun at dawn upon new fields, [...]

Remember back when Governor Palin was delivering the state of the state address?  She got all warm and fuzzy there down in Juneau.  She was so Alaskan-y… She was our great Mother.  Our fearless leader.  She was looking out for us in times of challenge and peril. Today, when challenges may seem as high as [...]

I got a few interesting emails yesterday I’d like to share.  First, in the morning I had one from a Mudflatter in New Hampshire.  Then another one.  And another.  Then last night I got an email from…..Iowa.  All three said just about the same thing: Hi, AKM! I wanted to let you know that I just [...]

By Rep. Les Gara (D) I might lose my honorary Mudflats Fan club membership over this one. But I really need to say this. The future of an Alaska gas pipeline, and whether this state cedes its sovereignty over our natural resources to the Exxon’s of the world, depend on it. How do I say [...]

“Extreme Ice”.  That’s the name of an amazing photographic odyssey and scientific documentation of climate change in the Arctic. Once a climate change skeptic, [James] Balog here presents stirring time-lapse images of melting bodies of ice. By placing cameras throughout the Arctic and programming them to shoot one frame every daylight hour for three years, [...]

Here’s a press release from Alaska Senator Mark Begich (d).   (Yes, I made that lower case on purpose) WASHINGTON – A diverse group of 15 Senate Democrats today announced the formation of a new moderate coalition that will meet regularly to shape public policy. The group’s goal is to work with the Senate leadership [...]

Lance Mackey just pulled into Nome!  The three-time Iditarod champ still had a team of 14 dogs who crossed the finish line.  The stars were aligned for Mackey this year, and he sailed in to first place with the second place team nowhere in sight, crediting his amazing dog team whom he called “superstars”.   When he [...]

Wow. I’m glad I saved this one for last this evening because I’m just about speechless.  I finally had time to sit down and read the five page article in Portfolio, by Joe McGinnis entitled “Pipe Dreams” about Sarah Palin and the fantasy pipeline.  I’ve been waiting for an article like this, and Mr. McGinnis has [...]

Where to begin? Very fitting, considering it’s Muckraker Day, that we should be given what is the equivalent of two enormous entrees of ….. muck from two superior muckrakers.  They’re both so appetizing it’s hard to know which to choose first. (closes eyes, moves index finger in wide circles….and…..squish!)  OK, we’ll start with this one. One [...]

That’s right….It’s Muckraker Day!  You’re all wearing brown, right? The muckrakers name applied to American journalists, novelists, and critics who in the first decade of the 20th cent. attempted to expose the abuses of business and the corruption in politics. The term derives from the word muckrake used by President Theodore Roosevelt in a speech [...]