I’ve been listening to the radio a lot today.  Work kept me away from blogging, but I got to spend some time listening to progressive talk radio, and the theme of the day seemed to revolve around the one year anniversary of the election.  What has President Obama done?  What has he not done?  What [...]

The following is an op-ed by Donald Craig Mitchell, an attorney and historian who lives in Anchorage. He is the author of Sold American: The Story of Alaska Natives and Their Land and Take My Land Take My Life: The Story of Congress’s Historic Settlement of Alaska Native Land Claims, which in 2006 the Alaska [...]

Sen. Mark Begich delivered a speech yesterday on the Senate floor recognizing the enormous contributions of Alaska Native people on the occasion of National Native American Heritage Month. The speech not only addressed the important achievements and contributions of Alaska Natives, but addressed some of the unique challenges including high energy costs, subsistence issues and lack of [...]

Oh, I do love this so. It’s from FoxNews.com.  (Where else?)  It does make me wonder, though.  You know how every time a Republican is caught in some awful sex scandal and they show them on Fox News with a (D) after their name, and then they say it was just an accidental typo?  Do [...]

There’s a sneak peek published now of one of the dozen or so books about Sarah Palin due to hit the shelves in the coming months. This one, with the unfortunate titleSarah from Alaska was written by Scott Conroy and Shushannah Walshe, and recounts the inside scoop of Palin’s VP candidacy. Here are some of [...]

Thought I’d share a newly developed recipe for Elephant Upside-Down Surprise Cake. First you take a congressional district that has had Republican representation in the U.S. House of Representatives since before the Civil War, then add a teabag, pour on some hot steamin’ Sarah Palin, add a squeeze of Rush Limbaugh, then carefully strain the [...]

Today Virginians will elect a governor.  And most of us have heard about a series of robocalls that peppered the state coming from a certain ex-governor of Alaska.  But there was something strange and unusual about these robocalls.  They didn’t endorse a candidate.  They simply urged voters to vote “their values.”  No mention of the [...]

By Pati Crofut There’s not much point in getting someone started on the violin if they will be released within six months, so our orchestra musicians are the ones with the long sentences, for crimes like murder or embezzling. I know that sounds odd, but as it turns out this is exactly who you want [...]

Here is part 3 of 5 in our tour around the amazing Mudflats quilt that was created by our cyber quilting group on the Forum.  Definitely the most unique and unexpected gift I have ever gotten!  If you’ve missed the first installments, you can check back to recent previous open threads. Here are today’s four [...]

I believe that the Mudflats Art Department (aka the incomparable ‘flyinureye’) has outdone himself. After several hours of server issues that kept many of you from accessing the site this afternoon and evening, I can think of no better welcome back than this – a pictoral homage to the mysterious and recently revealed Palin business, [...]

[This article is cross-posted at The Huffington Post. Read it HERE] After the McCain Palin ticket went down in a ball of flames last year, there was a strange period of time when we didn’t quite know what to do.  Palin lost.  She was back in Alaska, slogging through the dull days as governor, attempting [...]

 Here are some sweet treats leftover from Halloween! And did you know that Butterfinger bars have no trans fat?!  Just sayin.   Another Brian O’ Lantern carved by Mr. InJuneau!  Nice work! And then there’s this gem from Fairbanks sent by Mudflatter C! And apologies to the Mudflatter who sent me a picture of the [...]

I like the days of October 31 and November 1. Not for the costumes and the candy and the bobbing for apples, but for the more reflective meaning of this holiday time. Many ancient cultures celebrate the lives of their ancestors – those people without whom we would not be here, and the vast majority [...]

Here’s a great new piece from Robert Greenwald’s Brave New Films featuring the upcoming book Going Rouge, which it describes as “the definitive book” on Sarah Palin. With a list of  impressive contributors as long as your arm, this book is going to be a fabulous read. As of this point, it is ONLY available [...]

Onward through our tour of the amazing gift I received from the super secret cyber quilters last week.  Here are the next four blocks: Upper left is the “What Could He Have Been Thinking?” square, meant to show us the nicer things about Arizona.  There are tiny little beads everywhere on this block – all [...]