OPINION & COMMENTARY

OPINION & VOICES

Perspectives from across Anchorage and Alaska — diverse voices, fearless commentary, and community debates.

Opinion: Want to set your money on fire? Use it to boost Alaska’s false flag candidates.

Scott Kendall says efforts by incompetent Outside consultants are more likely to help the very candidates that they’re intended to harm — and in reality, the real-world impact will be nothing at all.

BY Scott KendallAug 15, 2026

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Alaska politicians sport beards and bear-hunting bona fides to claim authenticity. But those tropes originated Outside.

The ‘Real Alaskan’ is cheap repackaging of what one historian describes as hunter-heroes, Kaitlin Jade Armstrong writes in an opinion piece.

BY Kaitlin Jade ArmstrongAug 14, 2026