After 30 years, Alaska Airlines has decided to no longer include prayer cards on the tray with their in-flight meals. The small, business card sized cards contained short quotes from the Bible and a peaceful image of nature. In a memo sent to frequent fliers, the airline made the announcement on Wednesday that the cards [...]

Was Sarah Palin’s proclamation, “If I were in South Carolina, I’d vote for Newt” really an endorsement, or just her attempt to keep the wounded elephant that is the current presidential GOP lineup limping forward as far as possible before it collapses under the weight of its own unelectability? Correspondence from Palin seems to indicate [...]

Sarah Palin, perhaps politics’ most high-profile vetting escapee seems to have a strong opinion on the matter of vetting when it comes to people who are not Sarah Palin. Despite documentation that proves Palin was never vetted (as John McCain and others claim), she is waving the red flag, encouraging Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich and [...]

No, not Sarah. Todd. His wife has not decided yet “who is best able to go up against Barack Obama,” Todd Palin said. But apparently Newt has won the heart of the savvy political expert that is the snowmachine racing ex-first-dude of Alaska. One thing it does tell us is that a last-minute re-entry into [...]

Podcast of Rick Steiner I’ve had several requests for the audio of Professor Rick Steiner’s recent talk at the Anchorage Unitarian Universalist Fellowshp.  His topic was “Crisis in the Oceans and Free Speech.”  Professor Steiner is an outspoken critic of oil development and mining practices that will harm sensitive marine ecosystems and threaten Alaska’s fisheries.  [...]

I posted a while back about the strange and devolving relationship between Sarah Palin and the GOP when it comes to “making dates”.  Here’s a quick recap. First Palin says she can’t speak at the GOP winter retreat because she’s got homework in Alaska, and then shows up that same night at the Alfalfa Club [...]