Mudflatter Alison was driving down a rural highway in southern Oregon, also known as “real America.” Ahead was a giant sign with a flag… And then, surprise!

A great segment from Keith Olbermann featuring Alaska’s own Senator Lisa Murkowski getting dressed down by Senator Bob Menendez from New Jersey. Also featured is Mike Mason, BP whistleblower who revealed that tests of blowout preventers have been routinely falsified for years. Mike Mason will also appear on this week’s Moore Up North as the featured [...]

Hey, Alaska. Remember that “reasonable” Republican senator that we supposedly have?  I hear all the time from my Independent and Republican friends that “she’s not that bad.”  She’s the one with the 70-something percent approval rating.  Well, guess what?  Ms. “Not that Bad”  just sold you down the river. What the heck?  She’s untouchable.  She [...]

DeepwaterHorizonJIC — May 12, 2010 — ROBERT, La. — Oil and gas stream from the riser of the Deepwater Horizon well May 11, 2010. This video is from the larger of two existing leaks on the riser. This leak is located approximately 460 feet from the top of the blowout preventer and rests on the [...]

While I am a member of the Anchorage School Board, I am writing solely on my own behalf and not on behalf of the School Board or the Anchorage School District. By Jeff Friedman Newly elected School Board member Don Smith created a stir recently when he questioned whether he should sign the National School [...]

Guess who popped up in the yard, today? Our favorite moose! Didn’t see much of him or any of his ilk this winter, so it was nice to get a pop in today. The wind was howling, and Brian looked like the moose version of Heathcliff out on the moors… his hair blowing in the [...]

[This article is cross-posted at The Huffington Post where you can become a fan or follower!] You look at me. I’m normally about as white as they come, but today you notice something else. I seem a little ashen, even for me. Maybe actually a little greenish. “Yes, I am feeling a little unwell,” I [...]

I was pleased and privleged to attend “The Gathering of Veterans” on Saturday out in Palmer.  As I discussed in a previous post, this event is put on by Veterans Aviation Outreach, an organization started by my friend Mo Bailey to help veterans living in rural and far-flung areas have access to their federal benefits.  [...]

Another one from the great flyinureye.

I knew that while in Sitka for the Democratic Convention, I had to visit the Tongass.  I’d seen pictures, and knew that it was like nowhere on Earth.  I was prepared to be overwhelmed and awed.  I didn’t prepare enough.  It didn’t take more than ten steps in to feel absolutely overcome.  The sun was [...]

Big, big news today. President Obama has nominated his second appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court since taking office. Elena Kagan is currently Solicitor General, and would be the third woman on the court. Of course, the right wing has already let us know that never in the history of the universe has their been [...]

I’m not the only one who liked taking a moment to watch the boats coming and going at the harbor in Sitka. Look at the park bench for a sense of scale as to how huge this raven is.

By Geoffrey Dunn The death of Walter J. “Wally” Hickel (1919-2010) in Anchorage this past Friday marks the end of a remarkable era, not only in Alaska, but throughout the entire United States. The two-time Governor of the Last Frontier (elected once as a Republican in the 1960s, the second time as an Independent in [...]

What an amazing weekend.  It will take me a while to catch up with all that has happened.  It’s been less than 48 hours, and every moment has been jam packed.  The only thing I have not done is sleep.  The convention was well attended, and everyone had a chance to hear from the Democratic [...]

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy spoke to the Alaska Democratic Party Convention in Sitka on April 7, 1968. He addressed the convention shortly after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and weeks before Robert F. Kennedy’s death. Senator Ted Kennedy was standing in for his brother, Robert, who had been scheduled to speak. This [...]