Voice of The Times to cease operation at end of October
Voice of the Times
October 12, 2008
Editorial

WE ARE SORRY to report that the Voice of The Times will be stilled after the end of October. Funding for the Voice, an online Alaska journal of conservative opinion, is expiring and no new source of revenue has been found.

The Voice has a fine readership base of about 20,000 largely conservative readers in Alaska and elsewhere, one that generates about 1.2 million hits per month. In ordinary times, that audience would be attractive for a media organization with the ability to attract advertisers and sell space on the site for a profit.

Editor's Note -- A blow to free speech in Alaska and to the conservative voice so desperately needed.

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A sandwich like no other, only in Hoosierland
Voice of the Times
October 12, 2008
By WILLIAM J. TOBIN

INDIANAPOLIS — Right off the bat it needs to be stated that nobody would travel three-quarters of the way across the country just to be able to order a very special sandwich. But if you happen to have flown hours and hours on a redeye from Anchorage to this city in the middle of Indiana, you'd be foolish to pass up the opportunity to dine on a breaded pork tenderloin sandwich, or several over a period of days, while enjoying the beauties of fall in this part of the world.

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Palin’s environmental stance at odds with McCain’s
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
October 12, 2008
By R. A. Dillon
The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Gov. Sarah Palin is the only one of the major-party candidates in the presidential race — including her running mate, Sen John McCain — who has expressed doubts about whether human activity is the primary cause of global warming.

The Republican vice-presidential candidate has made a number of comments since joining the ticket, and earlier as governor, that question how much man’s actions are to blame for the recent rise in temperatures.

Editor's Note -- So our Governor listens to University of Alaska Emeritus Professor Dr. Akasofu does she? Well kudos to her.

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Interior power gets a little greener with Delta wind turbine
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
October 12, 2008
By Rena Delbridge

FAIRBANKS — The Interior’s electricity provider is adding some clean, green power to the grid.

A 62-foot propeller spins steadily off a 120-foot tower, rising well above the trees near Delta Junction.

The turbine feeds 100 kilowatts of green power into Golden Valley Electric Association’s system, courtesy of Alaska Environmental Power.

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Palin says report vindicates her
Anchorage Daily News
October 12, 2008
By LISA DEMER

In a brief telephone conversation Saturday with Alaska reporters, Gov. Sarah Palin said she did nothing wrong in the Troopergate affair involving her ex-brother-in-law and feels vindicated by a legislative investigation, the results of which are detailed in a hefty report.

"Well, I'm very, very pleased to be cleared of any legal wrongdoing ... any hint of any kind of unethical activity there," the governor said from her car on the way to a campaign stop in Philadelphia.

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Economy in Alaska holds steady
Anchorage Daily News
October 12, 2008
By DON HUNTER

So far, so good. Mostly.

Insulated by high oil prices and conservative lending practices, Alaska's resource-driven economy has softened this year but not snapped under the pressure of Wall Street failures and a global credit crunch.

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Alaska Ear
Anchorage Daily News
October 12, 2008
the devine appendage

COUNTDOWN: 23 days.

FLYING FACTOIDS ... (1) Mayor Palin fired Wasilla Police Chief Irl Stambaugh. He sued her and lost. Gov. Palin fired Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan. The Legislative investigator subpoenaed Todd Palin, who refused to show up. If the Legislature chose to, it could order the Senate Sergeant of Arms to take Todd into custody. The current Senate Sergeant of Arms is Gary Stambaugh, Irl Stambaugh's brother.

Editor's Note -- My comment: a little humor from the opposition.

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Obama's "Radicalism" a Growing Chasm on Road to Victory
Town Hall Daily
October 11, 2008
by Diana West

I realized something after Tuesday night's debate: If (big if) Barack Obama is not elected president next month, it will not be John McCain who defeats him.

McCain may be Obama's official opponent, but he isn't making the core case against him: namely, the case against Obama's deep roots in radicalism, which the Democratic nominee has never pulled up and grown away from. This is why if Obama loses on Election Day, it won't be McCain who defeats him.

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Seems like old times
Town Hall Daily
October 12, 2008
by Paul Jacob

In the 14th century, the Black Death hit Italian shores and quickly spread. People panicked, sought causes, tried to find someone to blame.

Today, American finance goes into crisis, and the crisis quickly spreads. People (particularly politicians) panic, seek causes, someone to blame.

In medieval Europe, they rounded up the usual suspects: First the Jews, then the heretics, then witches. Not even cats were safe (according to some accounts) since, as “everyone knew,” cats were witches’ “familiars.” Members of these groups were killed in great numbers, burned at the stake, hung, thrown into bogs. It was not pleasant.

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Playing Frisbee on a Precipice
Wall Street Journal
October 12, 2008
By PEGGY NOONAN

There are 3½ weeks to go. Life, and political campaigns, can turn on a dime. But I think it just turned on a lot of dimes.

There was an October surprise, and it has all but certainly decided the race. On the left, a smug triumphalism is setting in. On the right, anger rises: the finger pointing is about to begin. In parts and pockets of the middle, we have Americans who aren't thinking about politics because they're busy trying to imagine what a modern depression would look like and wondering, for the first time ever, if it is possible that they may wind up living in their cars.

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