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Columns & Sections

Alaska Scapegoat Ranch
A New Capitol Building/
The Scapegoat Ranch Goes Architectural
by Wilkins Micawber, prop.

Book Reviews
Bushwhackers
Gag Rule
by Lewis Lapham
Bushworld
by Maureen Dowd
American Dynasty
by Kevin Phillips
God Willing?
by David Domke
Against All Enemies
by Richard Clarke
Terror and Liberalism
by Paul Berman
reviews by David A. James

"Make Mine a Zingbeer!"
The Great Alaska Zingwater Caper
by Neil Davis
review by Richard Seifert

Harry
Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Cauldron of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

by J.K. Rowling
book and movie reviews by
D. Helfferich

Calendar of Events

Cartoons
Coronation Day

by Dan Darrow

The Ester Republican
by Hans Mölders

animals
by Jamie Smith

Editorial
Readership Survey Suggestions

Letters to the Editor
Dave Klein
David A. James
Chris Barefoot

poetry
"Ice Cream"
by Marjorie Kowalski Cole

Ray's View from the Lump

Video Dreamland
The Bourne Supremacy
Collateral
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
A Day Without a Mexican
King Arthur
movie reviews by Thela Clayton

Reviews Special!

FEATURES

Blood is Precious
Iraqis and Americans meet to share grief and a committment to justice
by Dahr Jamail

In a recent delegation to Amman, Jordan, US family members who lost loved ones in the conflict in Iraq came to the Middle East to meet with Iraqis who had lost loved ones. The author interviews Fernando Suarez del Solar, of Los Angeles, and a sheik from Fallujah.

Bushwhackers
book reviews by David A. James

I generally avoid the partisan diatribes that top the bestseller lists. I find the authors of these things more than a bit distasteful, ranging as they do from blind ideological hatemonger Ann Coulter, to...well...blind ideological hatemonger Michael Moore.

If You're Just Learning to Read, Don't Read This
poetry and prose by Jeffrey A. Rogers

I snatched the paper from his hands, inverted it, and handed it back to him. "The world's like this now. Get used to it."

The Moral Empire
by Mike Koskey

The transformation from Republic to Empire has brought down many a civilization's bright lights, from Athens to Rome. All empires claim the moral high ground, but those who rule an empire do not do so for the good of their subjects, but for the good of themselves.

Snow Bowl '05
by "Bonecrusher"
Billington

Team DeLong, Team Wayne, and Team Canine had a great time at the park on New Year's Day: it was a very well attended event.

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