Issue: December 16, 2004
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Coming home
Iraq-war veterans will come home to face serious psychological problems and a system that may not be ready to help them.
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On the home front
There is some help available in Sacramento for readjustment.
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Letters for December 16, 2004
Love, hate, or indifference—readers express their opinions—sometimes about each other.
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Season’s grieving
Hey, it’s all good, right? No, some of it is really, really bad.
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Perseverance pays off
At 80, Joyce Odam still treats poetry as a full-time job.
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Don’t terminate patient safety
Don’t let the governer say “Hasta la vista” to patient safety.
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MySpace voyage
The MySpace Internet community hosts more of Sacramento’s bands, artists and horny singles than any local nightclub.
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Lives of the political poets
New biographies display the lives and loves of two political poets.
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Rethinking roast beast
An event of note from the weekly calendar.
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Buy Nothing Christmas
People around the world are giving up Christmas shopping like a bad habit. Want to join them?
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Lonely ’round the john
Bathroom visits just haven’t been the same since Short Bus Mega-zine went out of business.
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Amphibious success
If you’re looking to entertain the kids during winter break, there’s no better option than A Year with Frog and Toad.
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The show goes on
Local playwright Richard Broadhurst presses ahead with plans for an educational theater group.
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Off Broadway
Bali Wine Bar and Grill pleases the palate from satay to sorbet but falls short on the wine selection.
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Putting the pieces together
Meet the Cassidys, the latest band to emerge in the Sacramento rural-rock scene.
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School of rock
UC Davis professor Christopher Reynolds was turning his lectures into concerts way before that Jack Black flick.
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Various artists
The presidential election may be over, but the protest compilations march on.
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The Flatmates
Clairecords reissues 1980s British pop from girl rockers the Flatmates.
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Books on Tape
Todd Matthew Drootin’s latest solo project is the perfect soundtrack for a long, lazy road trip.
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Chile, Argentina and Connecticut
A weekly selection from the ever-expanding music scene.
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The grim reader
Director Brad Silberling’s new fantastical film is full of people who start fires and people who put them out.
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