by Greg Palast The GOP is pushing a pipeline that could blow you to pieces Palast conducted a five-continent investigation of Big Oil for British TV’s premier current affairs program, Dispatches, and for BBC Worldwide. This report is based on the broadcast seen prime-time worldwide—but not yet in the USA. Whistleblowers have told Britain’s “Dispatches” [...]

Check out the newest episode of Moore Up North, Saturday and Sunday at 3pm on ABC, Channel 13, statewide. Shannyn’s interview was Reverend Michael Burke  of Christians for Equality, and the One Anchorage campaign. Panelists were Andrew Halcro, Jeanne Devon and Bob Poe. Topics included Senator Gary Stevens’ speech to Commonwealth North regarding oil taxes, [...]

~Senate President Gary Stevens (R-Kodiak) Yesterday, Senate President Gary Stevens (R) spoke to Commonwealth North at the Captain Cook Hotel in Anchorage about a variety of issues facing the Legislature in its upcoming Session, including HB 110 (also known as Governor Captain Zero’s oil tax plan). Below, you will find a copy of his prepared [...]

Looking for a fun and unique stocking stuffer for the progressive on your list? Here’s one to check out from the creators of Going Rouge: the Sarah Palin Coloring and Activity book, Julie Sigwart and Michael Stinson. From their website, which includes excerpts from the book: We rewrote the Lewis Carroll Victorian classic “Alice in Wonderland,” and [...]

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?!