Tag Archives: Anchorage Daily News

Anchorage Baptist Temple prepares to enter Prop 5 debate, as tax assessor’s investigation continues

Posted on Wed, 29 February 2012 by Mel Green

After a period of relative silence, Anchorage Baptist Temple is now preparing to raise its head in public discussion on Proposition 5. ABT associate pastor Glenn Clary filed on February 21 with the Alaska Public Offices Commission (APOC) as chair of a new group called “Protect Your Freedoms Vote No on Prop 5. Continue reading →

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On celebrating the death of bin Laden

Posted on Wed, 4 May 2011 by Mel Green

Is it okay or moral to be glad about that a man was killed — even one who has committed as much evil as Osama bin Laden? Here’s my take.

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Rollins trial, day 12: Jury hears closing arguments

Posted on Tue, 15 February 2011 by Mel Green

My tweets today were a mix of Rollins trial & Valentine’s Day.  Today in Anchorage Superior Court, closing arguments were heard in the case, and then it went to the jury.  We might hear a verdict as early as Tuesday.  … Continue reading →

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Rollins trial, day 11: Rollins claims he’s a sinner, but not a rapist

Posted on Fri, 11 February 2011 by Mel Green

Today in court, cross-examination of Anthony Rollins, the former Anchorage Police Department officer accused of serial rape while on the job, concluded. Rollins continued to claim that any sexual contact he had with alleged victims was consensual in nature. Rther … Continue reading →

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Rollins trial, day 10: Rollins takes the stand

Posted on Thu, 10 February 2011 by Mel Green

Wednesday, February 9  at the trial of Anthony Rollins: before a packed courtroom, the ex-Anchorage Police Department officer accused of serial rape while on-duty took the stand in his own defense. Cross-examination by the prosecution is expected to resume on … Continue reading →

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Rollins trial, day 7: See Ivan Moore’s column on “consent” in rape cases

Posted on Thu, 3 February 2011 by Mel Green

Once again the trial of Anthony Rollins, the former Anchorage Police Department cop accused of serial rape — was livetweeted by Grace Jang of KTVA Channel 11 News, Christine Kim of KTUU Channel 2 News,  and photographer Ken Fankhauser in … Continue reading →

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Rollins trial, day 5: 2 women testify (& other daily tweets)

Posted on Tue, 1 February 2011 by Mel Green

The Andrew Rollins trials was again livetweeted by Grace Jang of KTVA Channel 11 News.  See her  Twitter feed for details, as I did not retweet.  But, I did embed her report from tonight’s KTVA broadcast below; the video from … Continue reading →

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Good for my worldbuilding, bad for my world

Posted on Sat, 6 February 2010 by Mel Green

One tool for inventing an imaginary story universe in science fiction is extrapolating from the present into the future. Granting corporations lots of extra power as the Supreme Court did recently is very good for my worldbuilding. But is very bad for the world I actually live in.

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My story of 2009

Posted on Fri, 1 January 2010 by Mel Green

Not quite ALL about my 2009, because that would take a year to write. This only took several hours.

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Lessons from Froomkin

Posted on Fri, 26 June 2009 by Mel Green

I’ve been catching up somewhat on stuff in the wider political world outside the Anchorage equal rights ordinance battle. Having been so focused on AO 2009-64, it wasn’t until early this morning that I learned Dan Froomkin had been fired … Continue reading →

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