Utne Reader's library is abuzz with a steady flow of 1,500 magazines, newsletters, journals, weeklies, zines, and other lively dispatches from the cultural front that are rarely found at big-box bookstores, newsstands, or even online. So we share the highlights (and occasional lowlights) of what's landing in our library each week in "From the Stacks." Check in every Friday for the latest edition.

Miracle cures for chronic diseases, Loch Ness monsters, gryphons, and unicorns are among the subjects of ire and examination for the staff of Skeptical Inquirer. The credulous snarks who contribute to the bimonthly satisfy their taste for the obscure by leveling a steely, critical eye on a landscape filled with gullible rubes. The irrational beliefs they address aren't just fodder for mockery, though; they can be downright dangerous, as is the case when hucksters claim that HIV doesn't cause AIDS (South African president Thabo Mbeki is included in their ranks). Skeptical Inquirer cuts down that proposition in its September/October issue with characteristic panache. -- Brendan Mackie

PERC Reports, the publication of the nonprofit Property and Environment Research Center, offers optimism and encouragement to climate change doomsayers. PERC advocates free market solutions for environmental problems, finding solutions where others find only frustration. The current issue (Fall) uncovers a reason for faith in capitalism, the system that PERC fellow Brian Yablonski argues has fostered the reemergence of the American bison through ranching and  revenue-generating "trophy hunts." Also in the issue, author Mitch Tobin lauds the federal government's proposed $400 million tax break program for landowners who help protect threatened species on their property. In Tobin's estimation, the bill could help bring landowners and public interest together. -- Eric Kelsey