Issue: March 08, 2007
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Jerry Brown and the myth of the moonbeam
Surprise! California’s new attorney general is pro-developer and tough on crime.
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Going home
A UC Davis grad student bears the responsibility that comes from wishing he could do more to help people from his impoverished homeland.
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Stop the killing
Why does the U.S. government give millions in anti-terrorism and military funds to the Phillipines when human-rights abuses there abound?
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Making the cut
Should all cats and dogs in California be spayed or neutered?
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Crisis care on wheels
Police and sheriff’s give it the cheddar for mental health.
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Trade rumors
Should California allow companies to trade their pollution without fiscal penalty?
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Love lessons
We hereby introduce d’ART, our Second Saturday guidebook.
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Letters for March 8, 2007
Love, hate, indifference—readers express their opinions, sometimes about each other.
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New Age acting out
Passive-aggressive behavior springs from fear of being honest about anger.
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My carbon footprint
A local woman grapples with what global warming means for her daughter’s future.
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Get into the groove
From dog toys to sex toys, this is one friendly place.
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Outsource this!
Black Dog, Kashmir and other classic Jimmy Page riffs.
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Single-payer resolve
The governor should drop his proposal and back Sen. Sheila Kuehl’s single-payer health-care plan.
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They should have known
Don’t let Bush supporters off the hook. They should have known.
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Line by line
Lodi author Richard Dokey fishes for meaning in literary waters and the Mokelumne.
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When worlds collide
Joyce Carol Oates Black Girl/White Girl is a sublte masterpiece.
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Born on a Blue Day
Don’t get lost in the details—Daniel Tammet is fascinating.
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Time traveler
The year was 1846 and the land was Mexico’s Alta California.
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Why I Would Never Run For President
A poem by Robert Roden of Roseville.
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Got my Kicks
The French Kicks even sound good in the bathroom.
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Puppets steal the show
The UC Davis Theatre Department stages Man of La Mancha with life-sized puppets—and we like it.
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Smokey Joe’s Cafe
A string of hits by songwriting team Leiber and Stoller makes for a nostalgic evening.
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Buenos Aires easy
At Café la Boca, some things are worth lingering over.
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Changing tides
Giant Squid wraps its tentacles around a shiny future.
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That falafel thing you do
To tie together falafels and women performers, not that anyone would want to do that …
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Disregard for the Law
Jude Law’s charm can’t save this contrived melodrama.
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