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Columns & Sections

Alaska Scapegoat Ranch
Autumn is Golden
by Wilkins Micawber, prop.

Book Reviews
Going to Extremists
Them: Adventures with Extremists
by Jon Ronson
Revenge: A Story of Hope
by Laura Blumenfeld
Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America with Einstein's Brain
by Michael Paterniti
reviews by David A. James

Calendar of Events

Editorial
On Being Green

Firebreak
column by Joe Yurchak

Letter to the Editor
Heather Koponen

poetry
"6 for 37: A Tribute to Ogden Nash"
by C.P. McRoy

"What You See"
by Doreen Fitzgerald

The Postal News
Ogden Nash stamp

Victuals & Drink
More Calypso Recipes
by Susan Willsrud

Video Dreamland
Last Order
In the Bedroom
Rare Birds
Birthday Girl
Breaking the Waves
reviews by Thela Clayton

FEATURES

Calypso Auction Action
by Bessie Green, Calypso staff

The annual dinner and auction fundraiser for Calypso Farm & Ecology Center was held this year at the Ester Community Park, with music, great food, and lots of kids and grownups. We even had sunny weather!

EFL Season Opener
by Kate Billington

The questions of the day were, "Where is everybody?" and "Where is Columbo?"

A Fitting Memorial
by guest columnist Dan O'Neill

The best memorial to those who died in the destruction of the the World Trade Towers on September 11 would be a political system where civil liberties are secure.

"Gravel to Pavement"
public announcement

DOT public meeting on road surfacing, including Ester Dome Road.

On the Question of Palestine, Again
a letter of reply by David A. James

An expansion on this issues raised in my review of Said's book, The Question of Palestine, and in J.D. Ragan's responding article.

A Small Comment On the Big Picture
by Carla Helfferich

The implications of John Coghill's stand on abortion are serious and far-reaching, and he may not have thought it through.

The Troubling New Face of America: An Op-Ed by President Carter
by Jimmy Carter, September 12, 2002

Fundamental changes are taking place in United States policy with regard to human rights.

Village Road Vandalized! Ester Police Blotter
by
D. Helfferich

Yellow stripes on Village Road, a string of thefts, and littering and making a hullabaloo.

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