First, it was those clever sleuths who uncovered my super secret connection to the White House, and those big fat checks I (and my fellow bloggers Shannyn Moore and Linda Kellen Biegel) get from George Soros to ruin Sarah Palin’s political career. If it weren’t for us, she “coulda been a contenda.” Then recently, they [...]

[Don't miss Anchorage Assembly Member Harriet Drummond on The Shannyn Moore Show HERE or on 1080am in Anchorage.  She'll be Shannyn's guest in the 11:00 hour Alaska time, Noon Pacific, 3pm Eastern] He’s back in the news again, our mayor is.  It’s like an ongoing reality show, and every day’s a new episode. Mayor Dan Sullivan [...]

  Another great entry in the Can-struction competition for this year’s Fur Rendezvous!

Yes, Rush Limbaugh just said that if health care passed, and is implemented in five years, he will LEAVE THE COUNTRY! If there was ever incentive for Democrats to get off the dime, grow a spine, and pass this thing, this is it!

Last week, the Alaska Board of Game voted 4-3 to open the Northeast periphery of the Denali National Park and preserve to wolf trapping. What this means is that an area around the National Park, referred to as a “buffer zone” no longer exists. The buffer zone was put into place to help preserve the wolves that [...]

A while ago, I bought a Flip Camera – one of those teeny cell-phone sized video cameras that you can plug right into your pc and upload videos.  And then I created a YouTube account!  So, I filmed a few quick clips at the start of the Iditarod on Saturday, and decided to be brave [...]

So, we know at this point that Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan just can’t bring himself to fully fund the Anchorage Fire Department. $150,000 is just too darn much money to spend on saving people that fall through the ice, or get lost in the back country, or stuck in the mud, or whatever horrible thing [...]

In an address given in Calgary this weekend, former governor turned Facebook blogger Sarah Palin connected with her audience about Alaska’s  “Trans Canada” pipeline project, and also had an interesting Canadian story to tell about her family’s choice of health care options when she was a child. Here’s the story: “My first five years of [...]

Part of the annual Fur Rendezvous festival every year is an event called Can-struction.  Different companies in town build interesting things out of cans, and people come and vote for the one they like best.  A vote consists of bringing your own can(s) of food and putting them in a large bucket beside the entry you think [...]

For background on this story click HERE for the Anchorage Daily News story, and HERE for my take, and HERE for a detailed analysis by Mel Green. And once you’ve done that, please enjoy this fantastic letter, sent by an Anchroage resident to the Assembly and the Mayor. Well done, Sir.  Hopefully, others will become [...]

  I spent Saturday morning in downtown Anchorage, Alaska.  It’s my favorite day of the year to do that.  Drab, dreary, early-March downtown is transformed into an exciting yet quaint, cozy yet international mini-city focused on dogs and a silent race across the wilderness that does not involve fossil fuels. I got there early, giant [...]

I guess the Iditarod has gotten dogs on the brain. I’ll be posting a story about the Iditarod in a couple hours. But in the meantime, this is a painting in the UAF Museum of the North entitled “Rescue Dog.” I cannot remember who the artist is, unfortunately.

Are We There Yet, Senator Begich? By Shannyn Moore Senator Mark Begich arrived back in Alaska Friday afternoon and I had a chance to ask him about Open Left reporting he was the 50th Senator for reconciliation. “Health care reform has already passed the Senate by a 60 vote super majority. If the comprehensive health [...]

  It’s here!  They call it The Last Great Race. This morning, at the ceremonial start of Iditarod XXXVIII, seventy one teams of dogs, and the humans that tag along for the ride, will head down 4th Avenue in Anchorage flanked by cheering crowds in furry things and mittens, sipping coffee and consulting their racing [...]

During the President’s Day recess from Congress, Don Young (R) was back in Alaska. And then, when the weekend was over, he went home to Washington D.C. Mudflatter J happened to be in the airport with him, and passed on this little tidbit. I flew into Seattle yesterday with Mr. Young. Waiting in line to [...]