Issue: July 09, 2009
“Paging Dr. Obama. Paging Dr. Obama.”The explosive battle over national health-care reform is wildly emotional, madly complex—and compounded by impossibly high expectations. Here in California alone, some 7 million residents simply don’t have health coverage, and the rest of us can barely afford bare-bones insurance.This week, SN&R contributing health reporter Matthew Perry looks at the national health-care debate—and California’s role in pioneering change.In other news: hitchhikers take over Verge Gallery, Aerojet goes solar, Second Saturday is on fire, and film critic Jonathan Kiefer goes one-on-one with Bruno.Think Free!
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Dr. Obama’s secret
What Obama can learn from California’s failed health-care reform.
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The language of health care
A quick look around the health-care dictionary.
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California’s uninsured
Those without health insurance may not be who you think they are.
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Aerojet’s solar makeover
The Sacramento rocket maker greens its image with a big clean-energy project.
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Money talks
The Sacramento treasurer’s office moves toward more socially responsible investing.
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City of green thumbs
In praise of urban Sacramento area gardens.
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Letting go of the claw
Sacramentans love to throw their yard waste in the streets—but soon it will cost you.
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Letters for July 9, 2009
Love, hate, indifference—readers express their opinions, sometimes about each other.
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Ghostly intruder reappears
For the record, this woman has a “ghostly” intruder. The kind that doesn’t exist.
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System malfunction
Why should this mom’s son fear the future?
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Radiant, piercing light
Paint a picture—or puncture a hole in your flesh.
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Tu shall be assimilated
The Mexican talks on immigration and names some names.
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The mysterious Milton L. McGhee
Why is there no library or boulevard named for this man?
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Editorial Cartoon
This week’s cartoon from the mind of John Kloss.
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What would Jesus pack?
Some folks think guns and church mix. This Christian disagrees.
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Eye for a thumb
Doug Biggert’s hitchhiker photos hardly escaped the local photographer’s Midtown apartment.
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Best trash in town
The Trash Film Orgy returns, again, this summer.
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Sodium-enriched Buddha
Former Sacramento suburbanite found peace in the salty sea.
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Much ado about swing dancing
The Sacramento Shakespeare Festival gives the Bard that ’40s swing feeling.
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Face value
End-of-the-year group show at Pamela Skinner/Gwenna Howard Contemporary Art.
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Cabaret redux
A move—slightly—toward a more cabaret-style show at Cosmo Cabaret.
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(Burning) Man on fire
Local photographer Andy Pischalnikoff: flame shooter.
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A dead tree still bears fruit?
Moments from an American weekend.
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Buff guys, plucky girls and swordplay
En garde! Four hunks and a tough chick take on Cardinal Richelieu.
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Realm of possibilities
Magnificent, with great attention to detail.
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Persian and cream
Ice-cream goodness at the Yolo Fruit Stand.
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World rhythms, world beats
Sacramento reggae band Storytellers shares tales of lands far and wide.
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Tues, July 14, Amadou & Mariam
So, should Coldplay be opening for them?
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Wed, July 15, Summer Cats
The Australian band’s North America debut.
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Prescription for permanent hearing loss.
Zach Hill, twiggy boys, auditory punishment, Dog Party bar gigs, Baby!, dude with protective earphones, Angus Young, New Faces, Brandon Tyler, lap dances.
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The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Never get stuck in the crossfire of a hillbilly blood feud. Never.
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I Love You, Beth Cooper
Sparkling with benevolence as it cracks with contrivance.
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