While the hospitals are packed with people who can’t breathe, we have political gas bags attacking medical science, and fools equating masks with tyranny and the Holocaust, fueling the frenzy of those who want to hear themselves scream.
(Photo: Paxson Woelber, Alaska Landmine)
Read MoreThe state Department of Natural Resources approved a mining exploration permit for work north of Chena Hot Springs Road on September 9. But it didn’t open the plan to public comment until posting a public notice September 28.
Read MoreIt’s not clear if the trust land office suggested that the company withdraw and avoid what was sure to become a major fight with the neighborhood, but that is possible.
Read MoreIt’s a sign that Dunleavy had trouble packing the list with a cross-section of the populace, which is what campaigns hope for, not a collection of people who owe their paychecks to him.
Read MoreDeaths have become a daily ritual as the virus sweeps through the community. Outside the hospital walls, many people pretend there is nothing alarming happening. But inside the hospital, patients are struggling to breathe.
Read MoreFairbanks right-wing assembly candidate Lance Roberts says that wearing a mask is against God's law. It’s more along the lines of “No shirt, no shoes, no service.”
Read MoreWearing masks is not hazardous to your health, despite what Fairbanks Borough Assembly candidates Patricia Silva and Lance Roberts claim.
Read MoreEveryone in Alaska with any influence—starting with the governor and all elected officials—should be insisting that Alaskans get vaccinated now. But Dunleavy continues to send an unmistakable political signal to his anti-vaccination fans that he won’t press them.
Read More“This is something that while we don’t have a great treatment once you get COVID, we do have a treatment for this disease—and that’s a vaccine and wearing a mask.”
Read MoreLance Roberts, an engineer at GVEA, makes it a habit to claim he is being attacked for his faith when he is questioned about his politics and his opinions about history, society, the economy and how others should live.
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