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Alaska Scapegoat Ranch
Revisiting the Jackass Legacy: Scapegoats' Nemesis
The Latest Political Scientology from the Alaska Scapegoat Ranch
by Wilkins Micawber, prop.

Book Reviews & Library News
The Love Boat
The Ecumenical Cruise and Other Three-Legged Chicken Philosophy Tales
by Walter Benesch
review by David A. James

New Shelving
by D. Helfferich

Calendar of Events

Cartoons
G.W. Bush Paper Action Figure
by Dan Darrow

the price of security
by Mike Holt

Let Saigons Be Bygones
by
RCM

Editorial
...and it snew uphill both ways!

Firebreak
by Sarah Wolfe

Letters to the Editor

Richard Seifert
C.M. Winterhouse

911 Victim Ellen Mariani's Open Letter to the President of the United States
by
Ellen M. Mariani

poetry
"At the Back Door of the Crazy Loon Saloon & Movie House"
by Doreen Fitzgerald

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by I.Q.

The Postal News
Stork Report
Ole Zenon Peterson
public announcement

Ray's View from the Lump

Victuals & Drink
Chinese Ratatouille
by Ann DeLong

Video Dreamland
Love Unconditional
God, Sex, and Apple Pie
28 Days Later
My House in Umbria
movie reviews by Thela Clayton

Where to Get the Paper

FEATURES

ANWRtica
by Jeffrey A. Rogers

ANWR's geology just isn't what it's cracked up to be—a little-advertised fact about the rocks up there could have significance for its attractiveness to oil hunters.

Gin Fizzies
by D. Helfferich

A late night at the Golden Eagle and another after shopping at Gold Hill Liquor & Gas led this reviewer to contemplation of the virtues (and vices) of different brands of gins.

Gnome Gnapping in Goldstream!
by Rolf Gradinger

The Gnome Liberation Front struck recently, right here in the Tanana Valley.

Joe Vogler Commemorative Coin

The Obvious News
by Mike Koskey

The Obvious News airs weekly on KSUA at noon on Sundays. This edition, reprinted here, covers the Miami protests of the FTAA, and abuses relating to the USA PATRIOT Act both in Miami and elsewhere.

There's No One Here to Take Your Call
by Ross Coen, Fairbanks MediaWatch

A survey of local radio stations revealed that, in an emergency, local broadcasters may not be able to live up to their responsibilities and get the word out—because the word won't get to them.

Sketch Group with Alfred Skondovitch
story and photos by Terry Glendinning

As a visual artist, Skondovitch is a dancer.

Undressing for Defense
by
Carla Helfferich

A letter to the editor by a priggish reader bared the solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for all to see.

Without My Pants
review by D. Helfferich

An informal periodical published by Interior Media Evolution, Without My Pants is a mixed bag, but it's got potential.

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