Nearly two decades after the reporter exposed a connection between the CIA and crack cocaine in America, Hollywood chimes in with a major movie By…
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By Scott Thomas Anderson Michael Grimm is lucky he’s a politician. The Republican congressman from New York became an instant YouTube star and late-night punch…
By Scott Thomas Anderson “Hypnosis” is a Greek word inspired by a god who dwelled in a dark cave the sun could never penetrate. This…
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California realigned its prison system more than two years ago, but rehabilitation is still out of whack By Raheem F. Hosseini Tim Gene Sanders is…
By Scott Thomas Anderson and Raheem Hosseini It was when he saw the girls’ eyes that Hafed Mohamed Thabet realized what he had become. In…
Our writer may lose her home to clueless bureaucrats and banks. And she’s not alone. By Rachel Leibrock My mother used to call it the…
By R.V. Scheide I used to call it the man-love channel. Surfing basic cable’s upper echelons, seeking the umpteenth rerun of Criminal Minds, I’d suddenly come across…
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By R.V. Scheide There’s good news and bad news this week. The good news is I’m on vacation. The bad news is you’re presumably not, since…
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Rancher runs afoul of modern society’s disdain for his beloved fowl By R.V. Scheide George Stayner cannot explain why he loves the American game chicken….
By R.V. Scheide Sacramento attorney Michael Bigelow should have seen it coming. His client, convicted rapist and murderer James Karis Jr., has been saying it all…
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Despite what a new major motion picture suggests, no one really knows. By R.V. Scheide The mystery begins on a lonely stretch of road a few…
Cancer patients from Sacramento are seeking an alternative, wholistic approach to building up the body and beating cancer. Too bad it’s outlawed in California. By…