What Do I Know?

I got an email poll from Don Young today. It would appear that he is looking for confirmation of his priorities.  If he really wanted to k...

At least one of my readers is a Kentucky voter, so thanks Kathy. Last night Trump told a crowd in Kentucky "If you lose, it sends a ...

Scholars Jillian Peterson and James Densley  list four common traits of the mass shooters they studied.  This is a very abbreviated form fr...

What is it that I like so much about AOC Tweets? I think it's that she tweets the way I would if I were in Congress, and the way I blog...

That was my impression.  That they would say anything to anyone to get them to change their vote to yes.  What's in the bill was irrelev...

Celebrate Trump's First 100 Days! Or you could have brunch with Don Young on Saturday.  For only $25.  (Senators cost more than R...

ADN explains why Alaska members of congress voted to end internet privacy protection : "The rule would have required internet servi...

The Literal Snow Job There were about 10 inches of fresh snow yesterday in Anchorage.  Here's our backyard. And here's our mo...

Usually there are more post ideas than I have time or energy for.  And I have a lot of draft posts that are either in queue for when I'm...

When I blogged the Alaska legislature in 2010, a staffer was treated very rudely by a committee chair.  Later, the staffer's boss told t...

The way labels affect how people treat each other has always fascinated me.  When I was a doctoral student and teaching my first graduate ...

 Thursday, there were several stories in the paper that were so unexpected that I finally checked an astrology page for Wednesday (July 25) ...

This posts builds from Cliff Groh's post at Alaska Political Corruption that cites Charlie Savage's New York Times' May 31 arti...

In a recent show, Morning Edition reporter Andrea Seabrook talked to Cincinnati voters about Congress. None had anything good to say.  He...