Bill Sherwonit has been a freelance nature writer since 1992. His most recent book, “Changing Paths: Travels and Meditations in Alaska’s Arctic Wilderness” is now available HERE. For nearly a quarter-century, Bill has written extensively about wild lands and wildlife. Though he continues to journey into the wilderness each year, he has also paid increasing [...]

Alaskans are watching the news, like the rest of the nation watched us after the Exxon Valdez slammed into Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound more than 20 years ago.  Helpless.  Far away.  Filled with grief.  We look at our screens and monitor a growing black sheen of oil spread and we can’t do anything [...]

Another one from the master.

Question of the day for downtown Anchorage residents:  What is with Assemblyman Patrick Flynn? He has voted to NOT fund a fire academy, jumping on the bandwagon of Mayor/Trustee Dan Sullivan who thinks that we just don’t have money to spend on silly things like the fire department, and making sure we have fully-trained qualified [...]

Yesterday, I was alerted to an entry by Sarah Palin’s lawyer,  Thomas Van Flein, on the Palin Mansour Facebook Page (I bolded the information required to make a few salient points): Yesterday we learned that another “ethics” complaint that was filed against Governor Palin was dismissed as baseless. (If you are counting, the Governor is 26-0-1 regarding such complaints or [...]

Good morning, Mudflatters! Today, I thought I’d give you a chance to answer some mail. This one brought me a smile and I just couldn’t bring myself to delete it. You’ll see why. I leave it to you. I shall pop the corn and return. I idolize Sarah Palin because she is a woman with [...]

Someone needs to ask Senator Lisa Murkowski what day it is and who is president.  There can only be a few reasons why she voted against hearing the Financial Reform bill three days in a row. You’d have to have amnesia to forget the financial calamity of 2008. Shenanigans and potential crimes are being revealed [...]

Really?  Must we really go ‘there’ again? (shakes fist in the air) Let the record show, that she is the one that brought it up.  And let the record also show that  (I know this is going to come as a bit of a shock to you) Sarah Palin lied.  Again. And finally, let the [...]

Here’s a screen capture of former Rep. Tom Tancredo talking on the Daily Show about the fact that Arizona has just gone too far with its immigration reform legislation. Having Tom Tancredo tell you you’ve gone too far with your immigration policies is like having David Duke call you a racist. Be that as it [...]

Voices from the Flats contributor Keli Booher is a student at the University of Alaska, Anchorage and a recent candidate for the Anchorage Assembly from South Anchorage. ******************************************* By Keli Booher Spring has sprung and that means that summer is only days away for students at the University of Alaska Anchorage. As finals begin today [...]

I believe there is room for healthy disagreement in politics. For instance, the degree of the role that government plays in our lives is a point of contention and legitimate political debate. I think that people can tolerate different opinions. After all, if we only tolerated those who think exactly like us, it would be [...]

Another awesome one from flyinureye!

Do any of you guys have one of those giant Costco three-packs of mouthwash? Because someone needs to send it to Paul Jenkins, stat.  He needs it bad after a dozen paragraphs of tongue kissing Exxon.  It was kind of icky to watch, really.  But it was such a spectacle I couldn’t look away. Here’s [...]

Here’s the new video to Sara Hickman’s song “Palin by Comparison.” Enjoy! On a side note… this is not the image of Joan of Arc in the video, but it reminded me about this one. It is my favorite by far. It’s a huge 19th century oil on canvas, 100″ x 110″ by Jules Bastien [...]

It must be the springtime sun… or the blue sky… or some mysterious force known only to the universe… but flyinureye (aka the Mudflats Art Department) is awakening from winter slumber with more awesomeness.  This one was inspired by Shannyn’s piece on Palin’s Pinnacle of Hypocrisy.