Here’s to the Mothers on the Bus
An ode to the tireless moms who need our public transit system, and a reminder to the rest of us to have a little more patience.
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What Our Mamas Taught Us
In honor of Mother’s Day, we at the Alaska Commons would like to honor our maternal figures with a list of some of the best advice they gave us (whether we listened or not).
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Step By Step: An Anti-Discrimination Bill Hearing and a Major League At Bat.
A historically unimportant baseball game in 2005 highlights an important new bill in Juneau.
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Quality of Life: Why the Alaska Republican Party Has Me Cringing Again This Year
Believing in ideals and sticking with a political party through rough patches can be difficult. As a gay man and as a republican, Chris Bailey has some thoughts and concerns about the 2013 Alaska Republican Party that he would like to share with you.
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Being Part of the Fading World of my Uncle Frank
Losing someone you care for is always tragic. There’s no way to prepare or to soften the blow, regardless if it happens out of the blue or is a long time coming. It’s always complicated and impossible to explain. My uncle is still alive, but in his mind, I seem to be part of a world that is slipping away. And it hurts.
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The Easy Way Out: Guns, Suicide, and Me
One Alaskan’s personal struggle with suicide, the issue of suicide among Native Alaskans, and on what steps a family and a community can make to end the cycle.
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Don’t Zerg Me, Bro
There needs to be a separation between calm and respectful disagreement and debate, and the common gamer term known as the “zerg strategy.” Last week, I got zerged.
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Chenault’s War: House Bill 69
House Bill 69 should be the top story in Alaska right now. The legislation, introduced by Rep. Mike Chenault has been advertised as a gun rights bill. This isn’t a gun rights bill. HB69 is about nullification. We need to speak up about that. This deserves more than a single five sentence AP article copied, pasted, and then ignored.
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The Alaskan and the Greyhound
This winter holiday season I traveled to the great state of Florida. On a Greyhound bus, from West Palm Beach to Tampa, I found myself in the most uncomfortable of conversations with a conservative.
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Invisible Enemies: Science vs. Religion
You won’t hear me say this often, but I’m a Christian. I’m not ashamed of my beliefs, but I am pretty ashamed of the way other people represent that identity. I’m also a scientist. Contrary to popular belief, the two are far from incompatible. Over the last few weeks since, I have really been disconcerted with the attitudes that “Christian” politicians have taken towards their intellectual neighbors and the scientific community in general.
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