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Even though Levi Johnston didn't bare all for Playgirl magazine, the Alaskan hunk did not disappoint.From Erika Bolstad in Washington D.C. --
The fact checking of former Sarah Palin's new memoir continues, and now, questions have been raised about her role in the lawsuit against Exxon Mobil. People involved in the legal wrangling tell Reuters that they believe the former Alaska governor distorted her importance [...]
From Ms. Palin's masterwork, we learn that the personal really is the political. Every encounter with a critic seems to be a skirmish in the culture wars, from the Alaska debate moderator who didn't play fair once to the "wealthy, effete young chap" who ran against her for governor but' [...]
Pete Kott speaks to Alaska media about his case from Dennis Zaki on Vimeo.
Yeah, in Alaska we can't even keep 'em in jail when we catch them breaking the law on [...]
Reading was a special bond between my mother and me. Mom read aloud to me--poetry by Ogden Nash and the Alaska writer Robert Service, along with snippets of prose. She would quote biblical proverbs ans ask me to tell her what I thought. She found [...]
From Erika Bolstad in Washington D.C. --
So has Gov. Sean Parnell read his predecessor's memoir? He doesn't have his hands on a copy of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's book yet, Parnell said Monday. The order is in, though, and the book's due out Tuesday.
"I promised to buy it,'" [...]
I'll be joining my Alaska blogger friends for a lively discussion at [themudflats.net] during the Oprah Show! (Any rumors that we all may be physically gathering for snacks, adult beverages (tea for me) and group nausea during the show are completely...errrr...possible).
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From Erika Bolstad in Washington D.C. –
Oprah Winfrey’s show is on right now in Washington D.C., and here are some highlights from Oprah’s interview with former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. I'll be updating as the show continues:
On whether Oprah, who backed Barack Obama in the 2008 election, "snubbed" Palin' [...]
From Erika Bolstad in Washington D.C. –
The Republican who heads up the federal agency overseeing the construction of Alaska's proposed natural gas pipeline is stepping down.
Drue Pearce, a former Alaska Senate president, was asked by President Barack Obama to step down from the small agency, known as the Office [...]
November 16, 2009: On Friday after they received an advance copy of Sarah Palin's new book, the Associated Press called me to get a response from the two hundred plus words that Alaska's former 1/2 term governor dedicated to me.
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Author and journalist, Dahr Jamail, will be speaking at the University of Alaska Anchorage Monday evening. Here's the campus newsletter announcement:
Social Sciences Building, Room 118
Dahr Jamil's new book is called "The Will to Resist," and [...]
(From left to right we have host Shannyn Moore, Alaska gubernatorial hopeful Bill Walker, Begich Press Secretary Julie Haquest, and AFL-CIO President Vince Beltrami.)
I. Ann Strongheart from Anonymous Bloggers, delivered her and her late husband Segundo's new daughter, Gabriella Kegginacangaq Strongheart, late Thursday. 
[Progressive Alaska is going to attempt structuring writings about fisheries issues. Hopefully, we'll be publishing articles on Fridays that look at the rapidly changing fisheries environment in Alaska and elsewhere.]
This courtesy of MAD magazine.
This week's events from the statewide newsletter Alaska GLBT News.Juneau
SEAGLA Social Fridays (6-8 p.m.) for GLBT people and our friends over 21, at The Imperial Bar, downtown.
Fairbanks
UAF Gay-Straight Alliance meets Mondays at 5 p.m. in the Women's Center (Eilson 112). Jessi. [...]
