Issue: September 01, 2011
Dear SN&R reader!
In this week's feature, Cosmo Garvin asks whether California's public worker pensions will really bring about financial Armageddon--or could it be that the people screaming to cut government employee's nest eggs just have a bad case of pension envy? Public workers agree that reform is needed, but there's an undercurrent of scapegoating here--and no one's suggesting that corporate CEOs give up their pensions. Read it this week in "Public enemies."
Most Americans probably either never learned or don't remember a lick about the Pentagon Papers in history class. Anyway, the document, leaked by
insider Daniel Ellsberg, revealed that among many things the Johnson administration was lying to the American public about the Vietnam War. Sounds
familiar, right? Anyway, Kel Munger chats with Ellsberg in advance of his Sacramento talk on secrets, liesand when to tell the truth.
Also this week: Robert Gammon on the tar sands protests in Washington D.C., or what writer/activist Bill McKibben has referred to as the "the biggest stretch of civil disobedience in the environmental movement in a generation."
And in Arts&Culture, the digital vs. print battle continues this week, when DC Comics will release all its new books online in addition to in print
at bookstores. Local comic-book shop operators say this won't hurt business, at least right away, however, because they insist a sort of magic lives inside their stores. Hilton Collins reports. Also this week: Greg Lucas slurps up
some downtown ramen and Josh Fernandez goes thug-like with Teddy Briggs of Appetite.
SN&R Staff
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Public enemies
Will public pensions really cause a fiscal ‘tsunami,’ or do critics have a case of pension envy?
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Daniel Ellsberg: Secrets, lies—and when to tell them
The whistleblower discusses the ethics of sharing the truth 40 years after the Pentagon Papers.
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Cleaning up, with teeth
Groups are zeroing in on the county’s underperforming and wasteful child-dental-health program.
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Passion for compassion
Retired Bishop Christopher Senyonjo visits Sacramento to spread word of his homeland’s “kill the gays” effort.
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Cap, trade, emit, breathe
Environmentalists and the California Air Resources Board collide over cap-and-trade.
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Wet ’n’ mayonnaisey
Auntie Ruth compromises her glorious showers—and for what?
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Shark Fin Soap
Alice Newstead hangs from hooks to protest shark finning.
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Fighting big oil
Environmentalists call the tar-sands protests “the biggest stretch of civil disobedience in the environmental movement in a generation.”
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Letters for September 1, 2011
Love, hate, indifference—readers express their opinions, sometimes about each other.
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Four steps to Sacramento solvency
Four steps that can put tens of thousands of our neighbors back to work and increase dollars in the Sacramento economy.
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A voice for news
CBS 13 reporter Neda Iranpour dishes about her Emmy and her trip to Kenya, but won’t divulge the location of her tattoo.
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The secret of white shoes
The Mexican explains how clothes make the man and national pride.
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Fox in the schoolhouse
Some Sacramento educators don’t like Fox 40; Bites wonders why.
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Dangerous ground
An earthquake and a hurricane remind us of the risks of nuclear power plants.
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Editorial Cartoon
This week’s cartoon from the mind of John Kloss.
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Sacramento comic books: digital blows
The print vs. online battle arrives at your neighborhood store.
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Labor Day play
Here’s a round-up of some of the festivals happening around Labor Day in Sacramento.
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Comedy with a Sacramento roller derby girl
The Anti-Cooperation League welcomes special guest the Lipstick Librarian on Saturday to the Sacramento Comedy Spot.
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Piracy and politics
Reporter Jay Bahadur gets the inside scoop on Somali pirates, and they’re not what you think.
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Nameless, but important
Ben Loory’s collection of short stories has unnamed characters—including an octopus.
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Back road to Hell
Melissa Walker’s young adult novel is both honest and compassionate about evangelical faith.
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East Sac dive
Hanging out at neighborhood bars on the nice side of town.
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The other green economy
Sacramento’s medical-cannabis community employs thousands—and not who you would expect.
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Revelation 2012
Sacramento gets a bolt of intensity from KOLT Run Creations’ 2012 season.
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Pantheon of noshing
Shoki Ramen House gets a sequel downtown.
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The uninspired cheese plate
All too many cheese plates play it safe—and bland.
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The truth is ugly
Author Melanie Joy spoke in Sacramento to explain “carnism” and the animal, human and environmental victims of factory farming, and how we’d never approve if we were aware of the consequences.
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Fri, Sept 2, Joe Louis Walker
Blues legend Joe Louis Walker to visit the Palms Playhouse in Winters.
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Fri, Sept 2, Jonah & Me
Jonah Matranga and friends share the mic this Friday, September 2, at Naked Lounge.
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Sat, Sept 3, Early States
Early States kick off your Labor Day weekend at the Chalk It Up festival.
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Sat, Sept 3, Somalian Aid Concert
Sacramento musicians unite to help Somalians this Saturday, September 3, at Antiquité Maison Privee in Midtown.
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Sun, Sept 4, Handsome Furs
The Handsome Furs will bring synth-rock to Sacramento’s TownHouse.
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Wed, Sept 7, The Human League
The Human League will bring ‘80s pop back to Thunder Valley Casino.
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Thurs, Sept 8, Eisley
Eisley will bring angst, sadness and anger to Sacramento’s Ace of Spades.
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Thurs, Sept 8, Iris DeMent
Iris DeMent is known to make people cry.
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Rock the Bells rewind
Our writer stays all day at the 2011 hip-hop concert at Shoreline Amphitheatre.
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Colombiana
Who knew that sexy hit-women could become routine?
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Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark
It wasn’t much good as a TV movie, either.
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Our Idiot Brother
The laughter might be contagious, but it’s very uncomfortable.
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Seven Days in Utopia
Attention, golfers: It’s just a game. Really.
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