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Bent Alaska: Queer, Christian, and raised in a Yupik Village

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:35:00 -0500

Julia McCarthy grew up Catholic in a Yupik village. She graduated from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, worked in Anchorage for a few years, and now lives in Maine with her partner. She wrote this essay about her journey as a queer person of faith on October 30, a few [...]

The Immoral Minority: Sarah Palin's triumphant return to Twitter!

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:54:00 -0500

Number of comments: 23
Here are some details of the upcoming book tour. I’m starting in Michigan and you’ll understand why when you read the book. Last year, I made a promise to the good people of Michigan that I would be back, and now I’m keeping that promise. (Michigan is near and dear [...]

What Do I know?: Blind Spot in the Progressive Vision in Afghanistan

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:53:00 -0500

In a post last Friday about the resignation letter of an American State Department employee in Afghanistan, I listed helping Afghan women as one of the goals of our presence in Afghanistan.

In a piece in Countercurrents, Cage Wagenvoort looks at American policy in Afghanistan and [...]

Andrew Halcro: New York: The week in pictures

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:06:10 -0500

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Andrew Halcro: The Real Smartest Guy In The Room

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:24:39 -0500

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The Immoral Minority: Levi to file for joint custody for Tripp.

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:13:00 -0500

Number of comments: 52
"The Insider" breaks news that Levi Johnston is going to file for joint custody of Tripp, his son with Bristol Palin.

Levi told "The Insider" he is now going to take legal action because he had trouble when trying to see his infant son over the weekend. "At the" [...]

The Immoral Minority: Sometimes to understand just how broken our health care system is it takes somebody willing to share their painful personal story.

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:54:00 -0500

Number of comments: 8
Had we simply relied on the system Wesley would be in a wheelchair, a permanently disabled ward of the state. I'm not sure how that is cost effective; perhaps some of you worried about the "cost" of health reform can explain it to me.

Please take a moment to' [...]

The Immoral Minority: In light of Sarah's recent Wisconsin speech Andrew Sullivan revisits the Trig pregnancy story.

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:38:00 -0500

Number of comments: 68
It looks like Sullivan was just as surprised as I was that Sarah added some new contradictory detail in this most recent speech.

In this one paragraph Sullivan pinpoints just why Trig is so vitally important to Palin's conservative political clout.

In the Friday Wisconsin speech, we were' [...]

Progressive Alaska: More on Obama's Grim Reapers and the Expansion of Automated War

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:22:00 -0500

On October 18th, Progressive Alaska published an article by Sherwood Ross on the huge expansion of the use of lethal drone aircraft in Afghanistan and Pakistan by the Obama administration. While use of the drones limits possibilities for American combat casualties compared to his predecessor, [...]

The Immoral Minority: It looks like Swine Flu has spread to just about everywhere.

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:41:00 -0500

Number of comments: 4
I thought we could use a little humor this Monday morning. [...]

Alaska Chinook: Sunday Sermon

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:19:00 -0500

Put this thought in your medicinal joint and smoke it. Why is it that there exists today over 800 different denominations in and around Anchorage, nominating to hijack your soul for a fee? Honestly, there is only one Creator! Even if Jerry’s god is thought to be different then Jerry’s [...]

What Do I know?: Selling Memberships to the Municipality of Anchorage

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500

The Mayor says we're in a bind financially and he has to make difficult choices. Maybe he just needs to be more creative in finding ways to fund the government services we take for granted.

Both public and private organizations offer memberships. You can be a member of' [...]