We’re #1: Alaska’s Recidivist Truant


Long before The Quitter wandered onto the Alaska political stage, there was another serially, seriously embarrassing politician here: the Congressman for All Alaskans Who Voted for Him, and Maybe a Few Others; the politician who lost a U.S. House race to the deceased Nick Begich; Walter Hickel’s Folly. WC speaks, of course, of Don Young…

Strange Priorities


In Alaska, to buy a firearm, you need only one ID. To pay for the firearm with a check? Two forms of ID. In purchasing the firearm, the risk you are trying to control is selling a weapon to a lunatic who will use the firearm to kill a bunch of people. We manage the…