This is a really wonderful 2 minute YouTube video. It speaks to so many critical points of Native life and culture. Please pass it far and wide and let’s get it viral, especially in rural communities. Alaska Natives have so much at stake, and they deserve someone who will go to the mat for them. [...]

Joe Miller is fond of private security. In the Spring of 2008, Joe Miller showed up wearing Eric Estrada circa 1984 mirrored sunglasses, with security guards in a staged coup d’état of the leadership of the Alaska Republican Party. He lost. Randy Ruedrich still stands supreme as the party Chair, and now supports the man [...]

Well, it’s been quite a day. For those of you following the saga of me retiring from my day job, the process is complete… as complete as it can be when my house looks like a giant warehouse. Buf the dog is quite perturbed by the giant cardboard city that sprang up in her little [...]

The President and First Lady are at a rally this evening in Columbus, Ohio, and will take the stage at about 8pm Eastern time, 5pm Pacific and 4pm Alaska time. The Mudflats will be live streaming the event below. Enjoy!

Here’s another amazing image from the book Salmon in the Trees. You can read the details about the event at The Anchorage Museum HERE.

…and by “love letter” I mean deliciously awesome laser-focused hard-core smack down. The Anchorage Municipal Employees Association has had just about enough of the Mayor. We’ve ALL had just about enough of the mayor, but the AMEA has brilliantly summarized one aspect of the administration of the worst mayor ever. I’ll let the letter speak [...]

This is for those of you who have yet to discover WC’s blog and his superb combination of legal wisdom, political humor, birdwatching knowledge and gorgeous Alaska pictures. I thought this was a great summary for the weekend of some Joe Miller articles this past week. I found his last comment the most interesting. (By [...]

Barnacle-covered rock on the shore of Prince William Sound.

By Elstun Lauesen William Takak from Shaktoolik understands the impact of climate change. The Alaska Native Science Commission quotes him in a survey of the impact of climate change[1]. “Last Spring we only got six walrus because of the weather and the ice moving out to quick. A long time ago it used to be [...]

In this insane political season of mudslinging, and chair throwing, everyone needs to clear their calendar for Wednesday night, October 20 at 7pm.  And then, go to the Anchorage Museum of History and Art to refresh your spirit and learn about Alaska’s crown jewel (OK, there are lot of them, but this is a BIG [...]

The Anchorage Daily News Politics Blog has a post up talking about the results of a new poll on the Alaska Senate race. The Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of 500 likely voters in Alaska found Joe Miller with 35 percent support and Lisa Murkowski at 34 percent, with Scott McAdams coming in at 27 percent [...]

The lawn is white. Not snow, but heavy frost. I can see the actual snow too, creeping down the mountains. It takes two steps down, and one step back… So, since I forgot to put up an open thread when I usually do, I was rummaging through some pictures to find something to post. And [...]

[Cross-posted at The Huffington Post] Sorry, Tea Party Sugar Daddy. Looks like your sweetie really isn’t that in to you.  Now, don’t get me wrong, he doesn’t mind spending your money like a drunken sailor trying to stumble his way into the halls of the nation’s capitol, but to be seen with you in public? [...]

And now a little campaign levity. Goodness knows we all need it! And who better to come up with the perfect Alaskan political campaign ad than the incomparable Mr. Whitekeys!

It was a great lunchtime at the Alaska Senate Candidates Forum sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. Packed house – good. Crab ravioli – very good. Scott McAdams – very, very good! The Chamber of Commerce is generally not a Democratic crowd, as first evidenced by the moderator not once, but TWICE referring to the [...]