Lightbulb apocalypse
Michael Burgess and other members of Congress fought to delay the implementation of new, energy-efficient bulbs.
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Seeking solutions for hungry in California
Overly complicated food-stamps system robs state of $4 billion.
Ask Joey: Don’t steal these words
Joey advises a reader to stop worrying about getting credit where credit is due.
Mitt Romney: Facts or fictions?
When Mitt Romney criticized the safety net, was he confused about the facts?
Ask Joey: Don’t show me the money
Joey advises a reader to stop playing hard-money ball.
Ask Joey: How can I find healthy love?
Joey gives advice on finding love—healthfully—just in time for Valentine’s Day.
Financial aid for the 99 percent
How does one avoid bad home loans, predatory interest charges and massive overdraft charges? With a little financial education.
Ask Joey: How can I tell my sister to stop dumping her kids on me?
Advice to a reader to break free from a family member’s emotional enslavement.
Combating the stigma of mental illness
Andrea Hillerman-Crook and California Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg bring a jolt of hope to the audience at Sam Pannell Community Center.
Suspicious minds
Advice to a reader to give up the ghosts of expectation.
Michael Moran honored for building bridges of peace
Sacramento Unity minister receives the Gandhi, King, Ikeda Community Builders Prize.
What would Ronald Reagan do?
What should the government’s role be in caring for the needy?
Downsize love
Advice to a reader to exit the material world.
Fear and loathing in splitsville
Joey advises a reader to stop hating who he’s become.
Health-care concerns unite vonKaenel family at the holidays
The 5-year-old twins are beautiful, energetic, smart, rambunctious and … profoundly deaf. My 84-year-old mother is, well, she’s 84 years old.
Time is not money
Advice to a reader to slow down and listen.
Sacramento Police fight gang violence with empathy
While confrontations with police have grabbed headlines recently, many police find opportunities to work with the community to create change.