Columns & Sections

Alaska Scapegoat Ranch
The Scapegoat News Headlines from the Alaska Scapegoat Ranch
by Wilkins Micawber, prop.

Book Reviews
Ka-Boom!
Krakatoa: the Day the Earth Exploded, August 27, 1883
by Simon Winchester
La Catastrophe: The Eruption of Mount Pele, the Worst Volcanic Disaster of the 20th Century
by Alwyn Scarth
Catastrophe: An Investigation into the Origins of the Modern World
by David Keys
The Twenty-One Balloons
by William Pene du Bois
reviews by David A. James

Library Additions at the JTEL
library news by D. Helfferich

Calendar of Events

Cartoons
faith-based initiative
by R.M.

Gale Norton's Brain
by Dan Darrow

correction to the correction

Editorial
Sunflowers, Smoke, and Mirrors

Firebreak
by Sarah Wolfe

Letters to the Editor
Loren Leechman
Russ Bonar
Niilo Koponen

poetry
"June"
by Doreen Fitzgerald

untitled haiku
by I.Q.

The Postal News
The Website Wave
by D. Helfferich

Victuals & Drink
Let's Hear it for Halibut
by Carla Helfferich

Slow Down and Eat
by Susan Willsrud

Video Dreamland
Two Weeks Notice
Innocence
Drumline
Catch Me If You Can
The Mystic Masseur
Far and Away
movie reviews by Thela Clayton

FEATURES

Deconstruction
review by D. Helfferich with commentary on music by Hans Mölders

Review of the one-man drag revue, Don't Call Me, I'm Deconstructing, and the special guest appearance by Isis.

Ester Boy Makes Good: George Riley, Jr., Musician
by D. Helfferich

George is the vocalist and lyricist on a new CD produced in Germany.

Ester Gets Hosed!
commentary by D. Helfferich

Murkowski's latest cuts hits Ester where it hurts: right in the EVFD.

Freedom (of the Press) Isn't Free
by Ross Coen, Fairbanks MediaWatch

The FCC's recent decision to relax regulations limiting media consolidation rests on a bogus "free press" argument.

Imperialism, Sovereignty, Misinformation, and the War on (Some) Drugs
by Dirk Nelson

The war on drugs, including cannabis, has a long and twisted history, and marijuana, contrary to popular belief, is indeed legal for personal use in the 49th state.

In the Open Air
by Terry Glendinning

Plein aire painting as persued by Ellen Harney: selection of a location to paint must include thought given to bears.

Midnight Ride of the Rabble
by Thom Hartmann

The real agenda of the new conservatives is nothing less than the destruction of democracy in the US, using feudalism as one of their weapons.

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