Come to Our Fundraiser for Jim Sykes for Mat-Su Borough Assembly 24 Aug 2013 | 11:37 pm

Judy, Jim and Me - at a rally for Alaskans for Clean Elections On Sunday, Judy and I are hosting a fundraiser for Jim Sykes.  He is running for the Mat-Su Borough Assembly seat currently held by War....

What Have You Let Us Become, President Obama? 15 Aug 2013 | 12:04 pm

I just finished watching Democracy Now's interview from Tuesday with Lavabit founder, Ladar Levison, and with Levison's attorney, Jesse Binnall.  It was a compelling interview, with Levison reminding ...

Catching Up on the 2013 Vegetable Gardens 5 Aug 2013 | 02:40 am

I've taken a major break from blogging this spring and summer.  I haven't posted garden pictures at all.  That is too bad, as this has been the best growing summer I can remember in Alaska.  Time to c...

Saturday Alaska Progressive Blog Roundup: Which Alaska Bloggers Qualify as "Journalists" 4 Aug 2013 | 03:15 am

The U.S. Senate is in the midst of attempting to either define what it is to be a journalist in America, or to limit it.  This revolves around congressional concerns over the revelations of massive su...

America is a Tinderbox 20 Jul 2013 | 02:37 pm

Abby Martin Interviews Former NSA Operative Russ Tice - Watch This! 14 Jul 2013 | 12:03 pm

Journalism Summer Camp 8 Jul 2013 | 01:57 am

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Mildred Munger - 1918-2013 5 Jul 2013 | 09:10 am

My mom, Milly Munger, passed away late yesterday morning, south of Seattle. She had been playing croquet with friends at the retirement home in Des Moines, where she had been residing since March.  S...

From the Shootdown of Iran Air Flight 655 to the Aerial Interdiction of President Evo Morales - 25 Years 3 Jul 2013 | 01:02 pm

USS Vincennes radar plot room - c. 1988 As Bolivian President Evo Morales sits marooned in a Vienna airport on the dawn of July 3rd, 2013, having possibly avoided aerial interception over the Atlanti...

Saturday Alaska Progressive Blog Roundup: Alaska Blogs and the Snowden-Greenwald Smear Circus 30 Jun 2013 | 07:53 am

Progressive Alaskan blogs - September 2009.  Click to enlarge. I.  Progressive Alaska used to carry a weekly feature, titled Saturday Alaska Progressive Blog Roundup.  I dropped it about three years ...