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Feature
Ketchikan: There's
No Fool Like an April's Fool . . . This Coming Friday is Prank
Day in Ketchikan By Sharon Lint - For those of you who have
not yet been warned: Friday is April's Fools Day.
On that day, all human life
on this planet will regress into a childlike state and then separate
into two very distinct groups. These two groups possess widely
divergent societal-genetic material and thus, they display diametrically
opposed behaviors in response to the aforementioned celebration.
In other words, some of us become jokers, the rest become jokees.
There are no innocent bystanders. - More...
Thursday - March 31, 2005
Columns - Commentary
 Dale McFeatters: Doing
their duty by Terri - Reasonable people may disagree about
the outcome, but the fact is, the system worked for Terri Schiavo.
Since the first litigation over her case in 1993, the courts
- state, state supreme, federal district, U.S. court of appeals
and U.S. Supreme - have ruled consistently in favor of her husband,
Michael. - More...
Thursday - March 31, 2005
 Jay Ambrose: To
catch an Internet thief - Oh, this is terribly, terribly
complicated, say some about a case now before the Supreme Court,
the one that pits an Internet technology against the entertainment
industry. But it isn't, not unless you think anything having
to do with the digital world is ipso facto a mystery. - More...
Thursday - March 31, 2005
 Michael Reagan: Astonishing
News: Liberal Paper Admits Liberals Dominate U.S. Campuses
- I know this will come as a surprise to many, but a new study
shows that the overwhelming majority of college faculties are
top heavy with left-wingers. - More...
Thursday - March 31, 2005
 Will Durst: Plug
Me In - At first I thought the only halfway decent thing
to come out of the Terry Schiavo tragedy was watching all those
grandstanding politicians choke on their own bugles as they rear
ended each other sounding retreat on the freeway exit ramp to
the Tampa/St. Pete airport at Mach 7. But I was wrong. - More...
Thursday - March 31, 2005
 Preston MacDougall: Chemical
Eye on a Musical Ear - In late 19th century St. Petersburg,
chemistry professor Dmitri Mendeleev became widely known for
his periodic chart of the elements. Whereas his colleague, Alexander
Borodin, despite synthesizing the first organic compound containing
fluorine, was to be remembered for his second string quartet
in D, and other beautiful compositions of the musical variety.
- More...
Thursday - March 31, 2005
 Bob Ciminel: I
Do Not Feel Guilty - Okay, I'll admit it. I drive one of
those gas-guzzling SUVs. I don't carpool either. Add that to
the fact that I work in the commercial nuclear industry, and
I feel certain my name is not on the Greenpeace or the Sierra
Club mailing lists. Even National Geographic has stopped sending
me invitations to join their Society. The SUV gets 21 miles to
the gallon and sits in a parking lot all day. I think that qualifies
as helping to reduce our reliance on foreign oil. I imagine the
people driving Hummers and Ford Excursions think they are helping
if they switch from 89-octane to 87-octane gasoline. - More...
Thursday - March 31, 2005
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