The Ester Republic

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Columns & Sections

Book Reviews & Library News
Habeas Corpse
Digging Up the Dead: A History of Notable American Reburials
by Michael Kammen
Cranioklepty: Grave Robbing and the Search for Genius
by Colin Dickey
reviews by David A. James

Alaska Cabin Bookshelf: Read Local
Outside Passage: A Memoir of an Alaskan Childhood
by Julia Sculley
The Temple
by Cameron Mitchell
reviews by Rebecca A. Goodrich

Cartoons

"Gil Scott-Heron 1949-2011"
"We Don't Serve Your Kind Here:
by Keith Knight

"Where's My Posse?"
by Dan Darrow

"Another Victory for Equality and Civil Rights"
by Jamie Smith

Editorial
Death and Pralines

poetry
"Old Mythologies"
Teri Viereck

The Postal News
Community Announcements

FEATURES

A Citizen's Look at Oil Taxation, Part 3: A Fake and a Finagle
Dose of Reality, by Neil Davis

The suggestion that we've heard that HB 110 and SB 49 would cost us $2 billion annually at current oil prices is essentially correct; over the life of the Prudhoe Bay Oil Field, these bills could cost Alaskans as much as $50 billion. That's more money than is now in the Alaska Permanent Fund.

The Greenpeace Amchitka Protest Voyage: Memories of a Blast from the Past
by Richard A. Fineberg

Thoughts on the original Greenpeace voyage and two books about it and the development of the Greeanpeace organization, from the American journalist who accompanied the band of Canadians on their historic protest.

The Mystery of Home Economics in America
by Philip A. Loring

We cannot ignore the societal scaffolding that situates low-income families into 18-hour workdays and puts 23% of our children into food insecurity. A big problem is that we simply don't know enough about the complex home economics of struggling Americans.

Trail Trouble in Ester
by Deirdre Helfferich with reports from Geoff Orth

Trails are an important feature of Ester life, and when local mining disputes balloon into blocked access and unsafe conditions for trail users, everybody suffers.

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