Today, President Barack Obama will visit the only one of the 50 states he has not visited before.  On a refueling stop between the U.S. and Asia, the president will take the opportunity to meet with some of the troops at Elmendorf Air Force Base.  Here is his schedule: Private meeting with service members, 1:10 [...]

Well, winter is finally here.  Let the fun begin.

Just a quick last-minute notice… Shannyn Moore’s new TV show Moore Up North is taping tonight upstairs at Bernie’s Bungalow Lounge at 626 D Street in Anchorage. There are still a few tickets left for the 5:00 taping of her first show! There will be great panelists and a fun live audience. Just email mooreupnorth(at)gmail(dot)com [...]

With all the issues swirling around health care and Afghanistan and a host of other issues that frustrate us, let’s take a moment to think back on the first 10 months of the Obama administration, and recall the major legislation that has been passed. January 29: Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act February 4: Children’s Health [...]

Senator Mark Begich (D) who serves on both the Senate Armed Services Committee, and the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs gave an address on the Senate floor yesterday to commemorate veterans. Today he is in Alaska attending Veterans Day events, and will be present tomorrow to greet President Obama at Elmendorf Air Force Base tomorrow. [...]

Here it is at last.  The final installment of the tour through the Mudflats quilt, that was graciously hand made and given to me by the Mudflats cyber-quilters and various other helpers and sneaky assistants along the way.  We’ve been going four squares at a time, and if you’ve missed any of the other posts, [...]

Wondering what to get that fringe right-wing conservative kid on your Christmas list this year? They’ve got all the realistic plastic guns. They’ve got the Corporate version of Monopoly. But I bet they don’t have THIS! Help! Mom! Radicals Are Ruining My Country! spoofs on leading Democrats, President and adoring media. A new children’s book [...]

AKMuckraker Live on KRCL in Salt Lake City, Utah, with Nick Burns Today! That’s right. We’ll be gettin’ all mavericky and talking about Mudflats, the upcoming book, Going Rouge – An American Nightmare, and more!  It should be a lot of fun. Today at 4:00pm Alaska Time (5pm Pacific, 8pm Eastern) Stream it HERE and [...]

Obama Campaign Manager David Plouffe has been outspoken lately about former VP candidate and almost-one-term governor Sarah Palin. Last week he recounted that: “Obama and I had a long talk late that afternoon to evaluate Palin. ‘I just don’t understand how this ends up working out for McCain,’ he said. ‘In the long term, I [...]

And another volume in the Alaska Left Behind series by the marvelously witty flyinureye! Finally the question, “What universe is she living in?” has been answered!

OK, here’s what we have so far for Sarah Palin’s Going Rogue tour!  Any Mudflatters out there who want to be “Boots on the Ground,” you now have your dates.  Rogue photographer wannabe?  Want to plan an outing with friends?  Are you among the lucky few that live in these not-so-big, not-so-blue cities?  Get out [...]

Mike “Let’s Change the Constitution” Huckabee, one of the likely frontrunners for the GOP 2012 nomination has a book?  Who knew?  Well, it’s out there and it’s called “A Simple Christmas.”  Huh. Here’s where you can imagine a side-by-side book signing at some Barnes & Noble, in some backwater town, whose state has no coastline, [...]

No politics this time.  Just one of those stories that really puts things into perspective. Christmas came early for Noah Biorkman this year, but under sad circumstances.  Noah has terminal cancer, and may not make it to December 25, so his family decided to celebrate last weekend.  He didn’t want toys or the normal things [...]

Ever have one of those days when you don’t laugh much?  One of those days when you think to yourself, “WHEN will this day EVER end?!”  Nothing really devastating, but you just count the time until bed when you can sleep and reboot the system?  I had one of those today, and at about 10:00pm [...]

Here’s where I start with the first half of a post I had written earlier in the day, and then change the ending all around to include new information that makes things even more confusing than before. Well, there was plenty of drama last night on the floor of the House, where congress voted at [...]