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Columns & Sections

Book Reviews & Library News
Pipe Dreams
Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of "Energy Independence"
by Robert Bryce
review by David A. James

Standing in the Light
Standing in the Light:
My Life as a Pantheist

by Sharman Apt Russell
review by April E. Crosby

Library News
by D. Helfferich

Cartoons
"The Choice Is Clear"
by Dan Darrow

"Reason #1 America Needs National Health Care"
by Peter Dunlap-Shohl

"Republicans"
"He's Humble, Too"
by Jamie Smith

Editorial
Doing the Deed of Democracy

Movie Reviews
Movies from the Mile-High City
World's Greatest Dad
Away We Go
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
reviews by Keely Buchanan

The Postal News
Meetings in Ester: Fire and Community
by D. Helfferich

Some Things Don't Change: Planning vs. Crisis
by Roy Earnest

Stork Report
Miles Brennan Buchanan
by Keely Rose Buchanan, aunt

Obituaries
Pedro Romeo Shaefer
Toklat

Victuals & Drink
Chef of the Jungle
Restaurant Dreams/Nightmares
by David Mahler

FEATURES

The Alaska City, Part I
The Long View, by Ross Coen

Cities need not be souless.

Dr. Geyges' Guide for the Perplexed
advice from Dr. Geyges for the theologically challenged

Was Jesus ever a kid? Did he ever have kid-type problems?

The Missionary Position on Anniversaries
by Neal Matson

My wife and I got two anniversaries for one, with extras.

Readers on the Run, Redux
by D. Helfferich

Goofy costumes, magnetic poetry, and a lot of running in the village made for unusually congested streets in the village—and the kind of public silliness normally only seen in Ester on the Fourth of July.

Smart Choices
Outpost Agriculture, by Philip A. Loring

A new program to help consumers decide what's best to eat doesn't look so smart after all.

Status of the Health Care Wars
Dose of Reality, by Neil Davis

The final status of health care reform legislation coming out of Congress is still up in the air.

Three Stooges in One Senator
A Conspiracy of Ravens, by Richard Seifert

Lisa Murkowski is fulfilling all the promise of her family dynasty.

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