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Bail, Fines, and Punishment: Just Enough, But Not Too Much
Live Free or Die, part 3
by Hannah Hill

The 8th Amendment to the Bill of Rights was written during a time when death by hanging was routinely used for everything from theft, sodomy, and arson to murder, slave rebellion, and piracy. The idea of proportional punishments, fines, and bail was pretty radical back then.

Candidates for the GVEA Board of Directors
by Jeanne Laurencelle

Six candidates for GVEA's North Pole and Delta districts were asked topical questions: on the handling of the G&T proposal, renewable energy's place in GVEA, and whether domestic partner benefits should be adopted at the utility.

Fred Meyer Cart Graveyard Thawed Out and Revisited
by Dru Heskin

Updates and Corrections to the February exposé of suicidal shopping carts abandoned to the elements in the parking lot pit near a Fairbanks big-box store.

Gus Conradt's Snowshoes
an interview excavated by Matt Reckard

Gus had a claim on 7 Below Discovery, Ester Creek, back in 1903, courtesy of his snowshoes. But was it moose pasture or pay dirt?

The Missionary Position on "Twenty Questions for Christianity"
opinion by Neal Matson

The Socratic Society on the UAF campus once held a challenging presentation, posing twenty thought-provoking questions for this Christian, which I'm just now getting around to answering.

Newspapers in Education or in the Dumpster?
by Dru Heskin

The Newspapers in Education program is designed to encourage newspapers to engage schoolchildren in reading the news and becoming aware of the world around them. Newspapers can count the donated papers as paid circulation, and the schools get free papers for use in classroom activities. But for the program to achieve its goals, there are certain guidelines that need to be followed, among them that the papers are actually used in the classroom—and not just thrown out, as has been happening with some of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner NIE copies.

Solar Energy in Alaska
part two of two by Brian Yanity

Sales of solar water heaters, photovoltaic panels, and solar thermal power generators are spreading throughout the world and the United States. In Alaska, PV is by far the most common form of solar power generated.