Archive for the ‘Ted Stevens’
Saying Goodbye, Day 2
In Alaska, we don’t do anything “small.” Former Senator Ted Stevens, who passed away last week in a Dillingham plane crash, is being mourned for three days here in Anchorage. (Jeanne discussed this earlier.) Monday, the actual funeral mass for the family and friends was held at Holy Family Cathedral (which, for those outside of [...]
Ted Stevens Memorial Brings Dignitaries to Alaska
The memorial service for Ted Stevens is shaping up to be quite an event. I compared his passing to that of Ramses the Great, and by modern standards in Alaska that assessment may not be far off. Tonight, Stevens’ body will be moved via motorcade from All Saints Episcopal Church in downtown Anchorage where a [...]
Remembering Ted Stevens on Moore Up North
Talking about the death of former Senator Ted Stevens is a bit like playing with political napalm these days. I got the call that Stevens’ plane might have gone down at midnight Alaska time, which was 4am for me on the East coast where I was at the time. I went to the Anchorage Daily [...]
Voices from the Flats – Uncle Ted is Dead
Ted Stevens and the Exploitation of Alaska Uncle Ted is Dead By STEVE CONN Alaska’s version of the Soviet’s Uncle Joe, our Uncle Ted, is dead. The wheel of fate rolled over him. He had survived dangerous air missions in World War Two, those “Over the Hump.” He had [...]
Voices from the Flats – Geoffrey Dunn
One wonders how much gall Sarah Palin can muster in the face of yet another Alaska tragedy. In the aftermath of the fatal plane crash in rugged western Alaska that took the lives of former U.S. Senator Ted Stevens and four others earlier this week, Palin described Stevens to her sycophantic Fox News colleague Greta [...]
Real Alaska And Natural Causes
~The wreckage from the plane crash Ted Stevens survived in 1978. I wrote a thank you note to Rachel after watching this coverage. There is so much unable to explain about Alaska. It’s why I have a T.I.A moment every day. This. Is. Alaska. Sometimes it’s good, sometimes it rips your guts out. For many [...]
Voices from the Flats – Alaska’s Third Rail of Politics
Put on your flame-retardant suit and get ready to grab the third rail of Alaska Politics -tribal sovereignty. Issues of race, and culture and the law are always prickly. Discussions can get heated, people can feel misunderstood and there is huge frustration on both sides of this issue. But NOT talking about sensitive topics usually [...]
Oyster Round Up!
~Thick and fast they came at last and more, and more, and more! Here’s a round up of all the things that blipped on the radar this week that we would have written about if our request for a 72 hour day instead of the 24 hour one had been granted. Palin v. Common Sense [...]
Caribou Ken Sues the Feds!
By Shannyn Moore My dear Alaskans, sadly Caribou Barbie has been replaced with Caribou Ken. Tuesday, Governor Sean Parnell and Attorney General Dan Sullivan announced plans to sue the federal government over health care reform. Every GOP/Republican dog whistle was blown during the press conference. Parnell was partisan, pathetic and pure pander. Governor Parnell had [...]
Mr. Begich Goes to Washington and Meets the Filibuster.
Lisa Murkowski used to be my favorite senator. Granted, that’s only because Ted Stevens was my other one. Even Ted Stevens used to be my favorite senator. Granted that’s only because the other one was Frank Murkowski. It was all a matter of perspective. But those were the old days. Now, Frank Murkowski is relegated [...]
Not Again!
Why? (thunk) Why? (thunk) Why? (thunk) That was my head hitting the desk. You know…. Alaska used to be pristine wilderness, the Last Frontier, North to the Future, land of opportunity, giant cabbages, panning for gold, dogs mushing, eagles soaring, salmon leaping, bears frolicking, and when people thought of Alaska they thought “I’d like to [...]
Another One Bites the Dust – Bill Allen is Sentenced (and I win a little wager!)
It was quite the Who’s Who of media yesterday, both traditional and new media. Reporters and bloggers sat side by side in the packed courtroom waiting for the sentencing of Bill Allen, the former CEO of the oil services company Veco. The ringleader of Alaska’s corruption scandal drama, with players known as “The Corrupt Bastards [...]
Runnin’ the Road to Nowhere
[clip from September, 2008] Everyone knows about the infamous “Bridge to Nowhere.” Former Senator Ted Stevens, and current Congressman Don Young were the bridge’s main advocates in Washington D.C. The project would have connected the City of Ketchikan (population 8000) to Gravina Island, location of the city’s airport and home to 50 people. In [...]
Town Hall Meeting With Senator Mark Begich – Tales from a Survivor
Rush hour traffic, and the fact that the location of Mark Begich’s Town Hall Meeting on health care reform was located on the exact opposite side of town from where I started, made me late. I parked in the lot behind Bartlett High School, and noticed 4 or 5 police cars parked by the entrance. [...]
Voices from the Flats – Donald Craig Mitchell
The following is an op-ed by Donald Craig Mitchell, an attorney and historian who lives in Anchorage. He is the author of Sold American: The Story of Alaska Natives and Their Land and Take My Land Take My Life: The Story of Congress’s Historic Settlement of Alaska Native Land Claims, which in 2006 the Alaska [...]
