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Columns & Sections

Alaska Scapegoat Ranch
In the Winter of Our Dissent
(Or is it Descent?)
by Wilkins Micawber, prop.

Book Reviews
Please Don't Bury Me
Stiff:the Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
by Mary Roach
review by David A. James

Calendar of Events
Bi-Polar Dis-Function:
An Art Show of Global Proportions
public announcement

Tax Counselors Needed
public announcement

Cartoons
King Coal
by Dan Darrow

climate change
by Jamie Smith

Editorial
Readership Survey Results

Letters to the Editor
Jeff Rogers
Richard Seifert

Library News
The Grand Reopening & A Lalapalooza!
by D. Helfferich

poetry
"In the Library"
by Marjorie Kowalski Cole

"Long Meeting"
[name withheld to protect professional reputation]

Ray's View from the Lump

Video Dreamland
InterMission
White Chicks
The Stepford Wives
The Chronicles of Riddick
The Clearing
Hero
movie reviews by Thela Clayton

FEATURES

An Eyewitness Account of Fallujah
by Dahr Jamail

An interview withBurhan Fasa'a, a cameraman for the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation who was in Fallujah for the first eight days of the offensive.

Hacking an Election
by John David Ragan

Anyone who rigs an election in America is a traitor to the US Constitution. Ukraine called for new elections when the results were so different from their exit polls. Why aren't we doing the same?

The Politics of Victimization
by Mel Gilles, reprinted from
Deride and Conquer

Watching Democrats and Republicans is like watching a couple in an abusive relationship.

Ten Got $10,000 in Less than Ten Days
Esteroids Spearhead Recount
by Dru Heskin

Five Ester-area residents worked to create Alaskans for Fair Elections 2004, which has reached out across the state for help in requesting a recount of the Alaska Senate race results.

Theft in Ester
by
D. Helfferich

The zany bird feeder across from the post office has been stolen. Bring it back!

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