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1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Greg Hill

   You won’t believe what the cat dragged into this column (opens the original)

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   Shouts & Murmurs, The New Yorker’s humor section, satirically revealed what actually hides beneath alluring clickbait messages, such as “‘I Turned $10 Into $1,000,000 in One Week — Here’s How!’ I very slowly added five zeroes and two commas,” and “‘See What These Celebrities Looked Like WAY Before They Were Famous.’ [Photos of zygotes].” Webster’s defines clickbait as “Something (such as a headline) designed to make readers want to click on a hyperlink especially when t

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2. Article · Sep 21, 2026 · Greg Hill

   Be they well preserved or sorely used, the magic of books lives forever (opens the original)

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   Wallace the Brave is the best current comic strip going. In it, elementary-age Wallace offers to share his popcorn with an acerbic classmate, who asks, “Wallace, have you ever heard the expression ‘nice guys finish last?’” He responds, “Yeaaa … but they probably have more fun along the way.” To emulate Wallace, I peruse Nicenews.com a few times a week. A recent article, “These Are the Books That Changed Nice News Readers’ Lives,” provided samples of their readers’ (“a famously bibliophil

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3. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Greg Hill

   Babbling belugas and silent humans: The modern evolution of speech (opens the original)

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   ‘Baby belugas have to learn to communicate from adults, which involves plenty of charming gibberish along the way,” according to “How Decoding Beluga Whales’ Chitchat May Save Them — and Teach Us More About Ourselves,” a Guardian article. In it, Emma Brice describes research by the Canadian Raincoast Conservation Foundation that found it takes “a good two, three years to begin to be proficient at the beluga repertoire. They are clumsy initially. They play with sound — they babble

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4. Article · Sep 8, 2026 · Clare and Greg Hill, Fairbanks

   Bobby Burgess is a dedicated leader (opens the original)

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   To the editor: We plan on voting to reelect Bobby Burgess to the School Board on Oct. 6. Bobby is a truly dedicated servant leader. He gives generously of his time to the business of the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District. His record shows that he carefully considers issues, listens to all sides, and strives to make the best decisions possible without favor. He has demonstrated these attributes time and again over the last few difficult years as the district has faced declining enrollm

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5. Article · Sep 8, 2026 · Greg Hill

   Mislabeled maps and the musky smell of corruption (opens the original)

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   Everyone knows Hamlet thought part of Denmark stank, but the Bard had other aroma-specific musings about veracity, writing, “Truth’s a dog must to kennel; he must be whipped out, when Lady the brach may stand by the fire and stink.” Huh? That’s translated by AllGreatQuotes.com as “This is the Fool’s reply when King Lear reminds him that he can whip him for his cheekiness. The Fool retorts that he gets whipped like a dog for speaking the truth, while Lady Bitch can stay by the fire and stin

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