It was an odd feeling walking past the protesters outside the Dena’ina Center in Anchorage last night. I was headed there to hear Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck say whatever it is they were going to say to commemorate 9/11. As I got out of the car, I got my first hint about what the [...]

Sarah Palin addressed a 9/11 rally put together by the Conservative Patriots Group, at the Sports Center in Wasilla, Alaska. The crowd of about 350-400 was there to see among others, Tea Party candidate for Senate Joe Miller, and sort-of surprise guest Sarah Palin. There had been rumors of Palin’s attendance for more than a [...]

I wrote this one last year, but thought I’d repost it. Reposted from 9/11/09 On my recent trip to New York City, I stopped at the Ground Zero site.  It was hard.  I’d been in the towers many times.  Some of my favorite memories of New York were eating at the restaurant Windows on the [...]

I put this on my Facebook page earlier, and it seemed to me that this was a good day for a little love, and peace on Earth. Enjoy.

OK, class. Time to do a “compare and contrast” exercise to celebrate the Sarah Palin/Glenn Beck 9-11palooza here in Anchorage tomorrow at the Dena’ina Center.  You’d better get those pricey tickets quick because there are only 800 seats left and less than 24 hours to go! But first, a quick rundown of some events in [...]

  [This article is cross-posted at The Huffington Post - click to comment and buzz it up!] So, in Alaska politics, is it all about the money? Would Joe Miller have beaten Lisa Murkowski if they ran against each other in a general election? Most people say no. The ability of this particular primary to [...]

The mouth of the Chuit River from the air.

Paul Loeb is the author of the wholly updated new edition of Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in Challenging Times (St Martin’s Press, $16.99 paperback, April 2010).  Loeb also wrote The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen’s Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear, the History Channel and American Book [...]

OK… can anyone explain this one?  Yes, I am horrified that there was a booth at the Alaska State Fair that was bedecked with Confederate flags.  But this one in particular had me stumped.  I started at it a long time, and as Dr. Seuss would say, “I puzzled until my puzzler was sore.”  I [...]

By Legal Eagle, Esq. When I last put pen to paper, or fingers to keyboard (as it were), we were discussing Joe Miller’s preposterous assertion that somehow, despite the Alaska Constitution and the Alaska Statehood Act, that Alaska could take land back from the federal government – and then apparently start strip mining Denali National [...]

September 6th’s Anchorage Daily Newspublished an interview by reporter Kyle Hopkins with both Alaska US Senate Candidates Scott McAdams (D) and Joe Miller (R). In it, Scott McAdams said this about his opposition: Speaking on a cell phone from Fairbanks, McAdams said “reasonable, independent and moderate people are frightened right now by the extremity of [...]

More fun from the Alaska State Fair.

After Republican/Tea Party candidate Joe Miller’s stunning defeat of Lisa Murkowski in the Alaska Senate primary, things have been all a-kilter. Everyone on the political spectrum from far left to moderate right has been in a panic. The far right turned out in force for the primary, in part because of a ballot initiative about [...]

Scott McAdams spoke with Shannyn Moore on September 7, 2010. You can hear the podcast HERE. Donate to Scott McAdams’ campaign HERE. Scott McAdams just talked about the endorsement that has meant the most to him. It’s from his hometown newspaper The Sitka Sentinel. Our Man Joe Miller’s stunning upset of Lisa Murkowski in the [...]

Ahhh. Nothing like Fair food. Today was the last day of the Alaska State Fair. Cotton candy, giant turkey legs, corn on the cob, and…