Tourists gather near the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Feb. 8, 2026. A few years ago, I flew Emirates Airlines from Seattle to Thailand with a layover in Dubai (UAE). It’s a grueling 14.5-hour non-stop ...

A highly controversial bill, which critics say will undermine the fundamental rights of parents, has moved to the Alaska State House Rules Committee, where it could soon be scheduled for a final vote ...

Public schools were created with one simple purpose: teach children. Reading, writing, math, science, history, and the skills that help young people grow into capable adults and productive citizens.

The responses to my last video about the Division of Elections have been interesting to me. The biggest surprise was the number of people asking me to run for Lt Governor, however Ranked Choice voting ...

The focus has shifted away from education itself and toward managing the broader needs of the child. In the process, families have become increasingly dependent on government-run schools to handle ...

History does not repeat. Yesterday will never be today or tomorrow, but historic patterns do repeat. History shows a pattern of nations’ emergence, growth and decline. It provides facts and allows us ...

Historically, the United States has provided foreign aid to other countries since 1812; but on a large scale only during and after World War II. The history of the U.S. foreign assistance is marked by ...

In a June 6 interview with the Alaska Watchman, Republican U.S. House candidate Nick Begich discussed how he would tackle a number of critical issues facing the nation. Begich is looking to unseat ...

For years, I have argued that Alaska’s Department of Law has stood in the way of Alaskans exercising their constitutional right to use the grand jury as an investigative tool. Our state Constitution ...

Profoundly religious, the Russian people were shaken to their core by the Russian Orthodox Church liturgical reforms introduced by Patriarch Nikon (1666–1667) who, under the reign of Tsar Alexis ...

Construction crews work on building a bridge at mile 43 of Denali Park Road. The crew working on a 475-foot-long bridge in Alaska’s Denali National Park was recently told that they could no longer fly ...

Editor’s note: Click here to read part one of this series. The most orthodox group, recoiling under the threat of cultural erosion resulting from the compromises necessary to co–exist with the host ...