I want to deal here not with the enormous technical, political and ethical questions, but with the simplest element of this story, something that everyone can understand—the flimsy origins of the name Golden Dome.
The choice does not reveal solid planning or thought, but an intellectual void that emerged from a trademark violation and somehow manages to massage Trump’s gold obsession.
Read MoreAttorney General Tregarrick Taylor, who has resigned and will likely join the swollen field of candidates for governor, is pandering for all he’s worth on his way out the door.
Taylor says he wants a grand jury to investigate corruption in his department, based on a new process set up in July and a blanket complaint that attacks the entire department. Any complaints about corruption in the department will be referred to independent prosecutors, he says.
Almost anyone who claims there is corruption in state government will discover that the Department of Law will sign off on the claims with little or no thought, he said.
Read MoreKeeping the website under wraps is not a good way to tell the world the state is open for business. In fact, it communicates the message that the state is not open for business. And that the commerce department is out to lunch.
Read MoreMarc Thiessen, a right-wing sage at the Washington Post, provided many specifics last week in a column headlined “How Trump can win in Alaska: The president has the right plan for his summit with Vladimir Putin on Ukraine.”
Almost every line in his column was wrong, except for this one, “Putin’s goal is to buy more time.”
Read MoreAs more than $1 billion worth of U.S. military aircraft flew over Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson, Sullivan recorded the scene on his phone and could be heard saying to himself, “Take that Vladimir,” as Putin strolled over the red carpet.
Read MoreAdam Crum, who has been running for governor for months as a state employee, claims he understands the “function of government, the function of the Legislature, the important things to the private sector, so I'll have a functioning government up and running faster than anybody else.”
But he doesn’t seen to understand one of the core functions of the state Department of Revenue, where he was commissioner until last week.
Read MorePresident Franklin Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill agreed to hold a World War II summit in Fairbanks in 1943, thinking the choice would be acceptable to Soviet dictator Josef Stalin. Stalin claimed he liked the idea of meeting in Fairbanks, a gathering that would have changed the history of Alaska.
Read MorePresident Donald Trump, 79, who is clearly slipping, said twice during a meeting with reporters Monday that he was “going to Russia” this week.
He is not going to Russia. He is coming to Alaska. He didn’t correct himself.
Read More“Mr Putin seems to have achieved this diplomatic triumph simply by skilfully playing his recent negotiations with American envoys. It was a familiar pattern for Mr Trump—hard rhetoric, then soft climbdown and more breathing space for the Kremlin,” The Economist reported.
Read MoreOn the day that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. canceled $500 million in vaccine research, Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan could have said something in a public appearance with him about his reckless attack on national health care that puts lives at risk.
But they didn’t. They showered him with compliments.
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