Retiring teacher, coach urges Colony grads to ‘find their 68’
By Jeremiah Bartz Frontiersman.com A football coach using a hockey reference as the centerpiece for his keynote address may
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Moving local elections — the costs, changes, upsides and downsides
Jim Sykes When proposals surface to change our election system, like the one coming to the Mat-Su Borough ballot
News and Notes
Frontiersman staff Pioneers convention ongoing The Pioneers of Alaska is holding its 99th Grand Igloo Convention through Saturday at Raven
Voters should decide marijuana issue
Larry DeVilbiss In her August 25 Spectrum piece, Savon Duchein raised a number of questions about voter initiatives on commercial
Alaska Judicial Council does its job well
By Barbara Hood The nonpartisan Alaska Judicial Council was created at statehood to evaluate candidates for judgeships, and has served
Solutions to election attendance
By Stuart Thompson My last column, published Sept. 9, dealt with the real problems that drive poor primary election attendance,
What’s driving poor primary election attendance?
By Stuart Thompson The Frontiersman has called for public input on dealing with poor primary election attendance. Poor voter turnout
Exercise your right to vote
By Mead Treadwell This November, when you go to the polls, you will be a lawmaker, not just an elector.
Mind control is cheaper than physical slavery
By Stuart Thompson Political advertising — as practiced today — not only foully betrays our political heritage, but returns Americans to the
Don’t be fooled (again) by phony support for minimum wage
By Ed Flanagan In the Superman comic books of my youth, “Bizarro World” was a parallel universe where everyday was
Six candidates vie for fair board seats
Frontiersman.com MAT-SU — Members of Alaska State Fair Inc. will vote to elect three members to the fair’s
United we stand, divided we fall
By Daniel Hamm Spectrum The Virginia governor election results in the New York Times show Terry McAuliffe (D) with 48
Three’s a crowd in America’s 2-party system
By Daniel Hamm Spectrum Today’s gridlock in Congress is not new. America has had a long history of such