Issue: January 29, 2009
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Escape from Baghdad
Tortured and threatened with death, an Iraqi man and his family flee their war-torn country for refuge in Sacramento.
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Starting over
Rancho Cordova church ministers to dozens of Arab immigrants now living in Sacramento.
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Change of heart
A tough-on-crime Sacramento mom discovers her son is a pedophile.
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Breaking the taboo
Israeli Jews speak out about the massacre in Gaza.
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Shock and awe
Environmental-justice advocates angry with their mainstream enviro friends.
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Into the water
Warning: Communities may fight back against privatizing of their public resources.
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Climate teach-in
National Teach-in on Global Warming takes place on February 5.
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The dish on solar cooking
Solar Cookers International touts the benefit of the sun’s power to heat food.
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Letters for January 29, 2009
Love, hate, indifference—readers express their opinions, sometimes about each other.
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Fearing irrelevance
The fear of aging and a lady who can’t keep a man.
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To be Edward
How Twilight sets an unreasonable standard for men.
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Behind the times
The Mexican on anti-immigration and warming up jalopies.
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Free speech costs
Despite what “Yes on 8” forces say, the public has an iron-clad right to know where the money came from and where it went.
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Editorial cartoon
This week’s cartoon from the mind of John Kloss.
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God, hope and the recession
Problem: the Bush recession. Possible answer: Church.
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Get your head out of your book
After a year of scandals, the Sacramento Public Library seems to be on the rebound. Our writer spends a couple days at the Central branch, looking for drama in all the wrong places.
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Slice and serve
A writer steaks her unique claim on the raw-food craze.
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You’ve gotta drive
Louise Erdrich’s short-story collection invokes moving passions.
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Not afraid of the big bad panda
An event of note from the weekly calendar.
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In search of Nacho Man and 5-point plays
Gonna eat the shit out of some nachos when we find ’em, though.
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It’s all sublime
“This is a special, special project. Don’t miss this first installment.”
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My big, fat, Greek date night
Not a review featuring Mrs. Lucas. Nope.
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Listen up, chili butt
Actually, technically, it’s the shoulder.
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I’ve Loved You So Long
Finally in Sacramento theaters, after so long …
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