FEATURES Alaska's Congressional Stance on Health Care Reform
Dose of Reality, by Neil Davis According to its own statements, Alaska's Congressional delegation hopes to kill meaningful health care reform this year.
An Aussie in Ester
by Lindsay Henry A long time ago, an innocent young man from Down Under was taken under the wing of the wicked staff of the Malemute Saloon. Next thing he knew, he was a member of the Ester Volunteer Fire Department and learning how to change tires at 40 below.
Caterpillars and Dinosaurs and Barbies, Oh, My!
by D. Helfferich See No Evil, Hear No Evil, and Speak No Evil cheerfully accepted bribes at the 4th of July parade this year—everything from alcohol to ukeleles.
Dr. Geyges' Guide for the Perplexed
advice from Dr. Geyges for the theologically challenged The good doctor provides a Chinese business student with a travel guide to features of that most permanent of exotic countries, the Underworld: time, accomodations, staff, dress code, and who goes there.
From Their Cold Dead Hands
The Long View, by Ross Coen The founding of a gun rights group in Alaska is as natural a political act as you'll find.
The Missionary Position on Going Digital
by Neal Matson The phenomenon of the punctuated equilibrium event has recently expressed itself in television transmission, but they can be seen in legal history, elections, and religion. We need one in our health care system, too.
Not As Angry, Young, or Poor…But Still Rocking
by Jillian Jost Thorpe Starting of with a three-year-old guitar player, the 2009 AYP featured an eclectic lineup of hip hop, poetry, bluegrass, punk, funk, dance, folk, and other performance. The event helped raise money for the Street Outreach Program of Fairbanks Counseling & Adoption.
Retraction
Outpost Agriculture, by Philip A. Loring In the March Republic, I wrote that wild foods should be put back into market use. While I still see these foods as important to Alaska's future, I recently had an experience that made me think about the relationship between subsistence use, commercial use, and sustainable use of wild foods, and how wealth—and profit—are defined.
Sarah Palin, The Rock Opera: Take 2
A Conspiracy of Ravens, by Rich Seifert Where else could a governor provide such ripe fodder for rock operatic splendor?
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