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Columns & Sections

Alaska Scapegoat Ranch
A Grateful Thanksgiving
Late November at the Scapegoat Ranch
by Wilkins Micawber, CEO

Book Review
Running on Empty
Hubbert's Peak: The Impending World Oil Shortage
by Kenneth Deffeyes
Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil
by David Goodstein
The Party's Over: Oil, War, and the Fate of Industrial Societies
by Richard Heinberg
book review
by
David A. James

Calendar of Events

Cartoons
"Fairbanks Welcomes Wal-Mart SuperCenter"
by Dan Darrow

classified ads

Editorial
Pro-Torture Ted

poetry
"The Chorus"
by Doreen Fitzgerald

"Ode to Mal-Wart"
by John D. Lyle

untitled
by Ray Hadley

"THROUGHPUT"
by
Mark Schubauer

"Oh Turkey Days"
by Oliver Rogers

"Bipolar View"
by Cam Leonard

Letters to the Editor
E. Clausen
Doris Ninman
Martin Freed

Postal News
G.I. Rights Hotline Counselor Training Opportunity
public announcement

Preacher Dave: Spreading Joy
public announcement

Third Time's a Charm?
public announcement

Ray's View from the Lump

Victuals & Drink
The Deft Palate
Pazzo G's doesn't hit the spot
by Mary Haley

Spicy Christmas Cookies
by Deirdre Helfferich

Video Dreamland
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Dot the I
Bewitched
House of Wax
Gunner Palace
movie reviews
by
Thela Clayton

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FEATURES

An Alaska View of Global Health and the Environment
by Anna Godduhn

The Alaska Conference on Health and the Environment was a two-day gathering of researchers and witnesses held in Anchorage, exploring the intersection of genes, culture, economics, nutrition, stress, climate, and more.

EFL Turkey Bowl
by the EFL Commissioner

Stuck in headline mode, the Commissioner creates an evocative picture of doings at the Gobble Game.

Five Tests for Arsenic
by Dru Heskin

Five tests of local water supplies were mostly reassuring. One, however, was not.

Greasing the Gears: Unionizing at Wal-Mart
by C.R. Stice

Wal-Mart says it doesn't need unions; its workers are content. But is this true?

Greener Groceries: The Asian Food Market
by LJ Evans

The first in a series of articles profiling local sources of comestibles describes the largest Asian grocery in the Tanana Valley.

Happy Birthday, Bill of Rights
by Dirk Nelson

The 17th of December is the anniversary of the signing of the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Now more than ever, we need to remember this document.

Pre-Emptive Thumping of Self-Declared MVP
a letter, by "Bonecrusher" Billington

The absentee socialite sports reporter just couldn't let the EFL Commissioner get by with this...

"The Short Trip from Bad Teeth to Torture, or, Toothless in America
by Rich Seifert

A lack of compassion in our national character has led to such disparate problems as our abominable, outrageously expensive health care system and our willingness to accept torture of foreign combatants (even if we don't like that nasty word).

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