I remember the first time I heard about graduation coaches.

Ah, yes.  We’ll never forget ol’ whatsername. But, much to our delight and her chagrin, for most of America the Palin “brand” is simply yesterday’s news. You may recall that back in the day, when some people cared, Sarah Palin was the star of her own “reality” TV show called Sarah Palin’s Alaska.  She and [...]

As anyone who has been keeping track of the weather in these parts knows, the past week has seen its share of nasty wind storms, blowing snow, sleet, rain, and any kind of driving hazard you can name. Yesterday, the wind in Anchorage was so bad that planes were diverted to land in Fairbanks until [...]

~Frank Luntz, GOP Minister of Propaganda     By Shannyn Moore While most Alaskans were suffering through another cold, dark week, Gov. Sean Parnell was hard at work — on another junket, this time to the Republican Governor’s Association meeting in Florida. Odd — no palm tree beach shots on the state website. In fact, [...]

Conservative commentator David Frum (former speechwriter for George W. Bush) says that Fox and conservative talk radio have built “a whole alternative knowledge system with its own facts, its own history, its own economics…” This is a fascinating interview and well worth the 8:18. In fact, I wish it had gone longer.

By Erin Pohland Days 20 and 21 Good evening from Kinshasa- In 48 hours, I hope to be on a plane back to the U.S.  In 48 hours, I hope to get through customs with the help of someone called a “protocol,” who will deal with the paperwork relating to the baby for me.  In [...]

    By Tele Aadsen This photo was taken in Sitka, but could be almost anywhere in Southeast Alaska. The Tongass National Forest blankets most of our region, a crazy quilt of western red cedar, Sitka spruce, and western hemlock that covers almost 17 million acres. Not only is the Tongass the largest national forest [...]

If you’re planning on wintering over in Anchorage like this beautiful female mallard duck at Cuddy Park in midtown, it definitely pays to have a really good down coat. And stylish never hurt, either.

Yesterday, I was on the Shannyn Moore Show (1020koan.com) for my weekly segment, Thursdays in the Mud. I’d just come from the press conference held by the One Anchorage campaign which will put basic equal rights for the LGBT community on this spring’s Municipal ballot. It proposes the radical notion that gay and transgendered people [...]

Remember when Ordinance 64 came before the Assembly? It stated that the LGBT community should have basic equal rights when it comes to housing, education, employment and use of public facilities. Pretty basic stuff, right? Well, after almost 24 hours of public testimony (including testimony from people who didn’t even live in Anchorage, yet were [...]

Spotted at the supermarket.  Ho ho ho?!

Anchorage, Alaska. December. Blowing snow. Roadside seafood. This just made me smile.

~Thick and fast they came at last, and more, and more, and more! This is Alaska… A 30-year old man escaped from jail during a bathroom break in the remote Western Alaska village of Alakanuk. It’s been nine years since Kevin Patrick has escaped from the Alakanuk jail during a bathroom break. This time his [...]

An actual sign in the window of a Chinese restaurant in New York City.  Gave me a nice chuckle.

Let’s play a little game. Imagine this scenario, and then tell me in what country this story takes place. You wake up and go to work. Maria, in the next cubicle over, isn’t there. And she isn’t there the next day. You and your coworkers come to find out that military officers knocked on her [...]